Marcellus Shale Impact Fee and Shell Cracker

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Liberty Index 2012 Marcellus Shale Impact Fee/Tax (Act 13 of 2012) and Marcellus Shale

Shell Cracker Subsidy (Act 16 of 2012)

Act 13 of 2012 Feb 14 2012HB 1950

Marcellus Shale Impact Tax/Fee

The Liberty Index scores Act 13 of 2012 Tier 3 (Major Impact on Liberty) AGAINST LIBERTY

and AGAINST THE FORGOTTEN TAXPAYERbecause the misnamed Impact Fee is, in reality, a

tax. A real Impact Fee would be segregated in a fund to compensate people for damage from

externalities of Marcellus Shale drilling. This phony fee does not do that but redistributes

profits without regard to merit.

Tier 3 Against Liberty A YEA vote deducts 50 points from grade.

One would think that if natural gas were discovered in your backyard, you would be thrilled.

The 254 elected, with support from many of the electorate. Instead we tax it? Pennsylvanias

number one job creator. And we tax it more? Lower energy costs mean a higher standard of

living, more production of more goods and services for more people. And we tax it more?

Laura Olson Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau gives a good overview of the impact of the Act 13

of 2012 phony Impact Fee legislation will be.Act 13 facts.The money generated is not based

on any real world damage or impact but on a formula unrelated to impact. And see also,Shale

law Act 13 means new money, more regulations April 15, 2012 By Laura Olson PittsburghPost-Gazette

As it turns out, The Marcellus ShaleImpact Fee is redistributed by number of wells, yet

Philadelphia County and Bucks County, both of which have moratoriums (Act 87 of 2012 for

Bucks County) get millions despite hostility to Marcellus Shale drilling
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Bucks: $530,461.69

Chester: $423,255.23

Delaware: $474,238.17

Montgomery: $678,613.66

Philadelphia: $1,294,664.55

Impact Fee Revenue Will Boost Conservation Efforts, MontCo Kate Harper

Says Pennsylvanias five southeastern counties will receive more than $3.4 million in revenue

from the collection of an impact fee on natural gas drilling activities in the Marcellus Shale,said Rep. Kate Harper (R-Montgomery).The funding awarded directly to the counties is just a

small portion of the nearly $200 million in impact fees collected so far this year. Additional

revenue is dedicated to municipalities where drilling is taking place; to state agencies for the

regulation of drilling activities and administration of the impact fee law; and to environmental

initiatives, such as the Environmental Stewardship Fund, Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund and

county conservation districts. READ MORERep Kate Harper email update

The Commonwealth Foundation provides an analysis with recommendations for a real impact

fee, not a phony political impact fee.READ MOREFor More Information seeEnergy In Depth

andMarcellus Shale Coalition

No one has died, or even been sickened, by natural gas drilling,hydraulic fracturing, and horizontal drilling. In fact, more people have been hitby lightening

andmore here than by Marcellus Shale drilling.


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Act 16 of 2012 Feb 14 of

2012 SB 1237 Keystone Opportunity Zone for Shell Cracker Facility

The Liberty Index scores Act 16 of 2012 Tier 3 (Major Impact on Liberty) AGAINST LIBERTY

and AGAINST THE FORGOTTEN TAXPAYER because it is gives a special tax subsidy to one

specific business, in effect, a tax cut for one business not available to other productive

businesses.

Senate Bill 1237(Act 16) adds a new Keystone Opportunity Zones (KOZ), tax free areas

designed to promote economic development; FISCAL NOTE HOUSE COMMITTEE ONAPPROPRIATIONS describes Act in detail. SB 1237 appears to be special legislation to benefit

one company and one project.Is Corporate Welfare for Shell Cracker Good for PA?

Commonwealth Foundation March 19, 2012 by Elizabeth Stelle Astute readers may

remember that last month Pennsylvania earned the dubious distinction of thehighest taxes

for mature businessesand the second highest taxes for new businesses. So how did

Pennsylvania just beat out Ohio and West Virginia for the Shell Oil Co. cracker plant that is

estimated to create more than10,000 construction and 10,000 permanent jobs?

ThePost Gazette has the answer, "Gov. Tom Corbett and his closest advisers spent monthswooing the company." In other words, corporate welfare. Pennsylvania's corporate taxes

are so awful that the Corbett administration had to wine and dine company officials andhand

over special tax exemptions and subsidies to seal the deal.

The concept of Keystone Opportunity Zones is that lower taxes promote productive growth.

KOZs are problematic in that it is difficult to measure whether the intended purpose has been

achieved by targeted tax subsidy and if tax cut promotes jobs and an increased standard of

living, why not tax cuts for all and let a decentralized, diversified and independent individual

human actors in the Free Market make the decisions rather than a few Statist ElitistTechnocratic by the numbers Reality Based Central Planners.


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Marcellus Shale Impact Fee and Shell Cracker