Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

When payment has been made for land sold under this article, the purchaser shall be entitled to a patent. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 609.)

The commission may sell timber separately from the land. Timber sold separately shall be removed in accordance with the Z'Berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 4511) of Part 2 of Division 4). (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 622, Sec. 7.)

(a) The Legislature hereby declares all of the following: (1) Resource conservation, enhancement, restoration, adaptation, and resilience are of fundamental importance to the prosperity and welfare of the people of this state. The Legislature believes that the state must assume l…

(a) It is the policy of the state that the protection and management of natural and working lands is an important strategy in meeting the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. The protection and management of those lands can result in the removal of carbon from the at…

It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination: (a) That the construction and maintenance on privately or publicly owned land of works for resource conservation is in the general public interest and for the general public benefit. (b) That the expenditure of state…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that resource conservation districts are legal subdivisions of the state and, as such, are not-for-profit entities. For the purpose of contracting with state agencies only, resource conservation districts shall be considered agencies of t…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The agricultural lands of the state contribute substantially to the state, national, and world food supply and are a vital part of the state’s economy. (b) The growing population and expanding economy of the stat…

It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this division, to do all of the following: (a) Encourage voluntary, long-term private stewardship of agricultural lands by offering landowners financial incentives. (b) Protect farming and ranching operations in agricultural areas …

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Privately owned forest lands comprise nearly half of California’s 32.6 million acres of forest land, and include some of the state’s most important and productive forest resources, including timber, fish and wild…

It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this division and the California Forest Legacy Program, to protect forest lands and aquatic resources in California by focusing on all of the following priorities: (a) Encouraging the long-term conservation of productive forest lan…

(a) There is in the state government the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority. The authority constitutes a public instrumentality and the exercise by the authority of powers conferred by this division is the performance of an essential pub…

All members of the authority shall serve thereon without compensation as members of the authority. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 908, Sec. 1.)

The provisions of this division shall be administered by the authority which shall have and is hereby vested with all powers reasonably necessary to carry out the powers and responsibilities expressly granted or imposed upon it under this division. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 908,…

The authority shall maintain an office in the City of Sacramento. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 908, Sec. 1.)

The authority may employ an executive director and any other persons as are necessary to enable it properly to perform the duties imposed upon it by this division. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the authority and shall receive such compensation as shall be …

The authority may adopt, amend, or repeal all rules and regulations necessary to carry out this division as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 …

(a) The Attorney General shall be the legal counsel for the authority, but with the approval of the Attorney General, the authority may employ such legal counsel as in its judgment is necessary or advisable to enable it to carry out the duties and functions imposed upon it by thi…

The authority is authorized and empowered: (a) To adopt an official seal. (b) To sue and be sued in its own name. (c) To issue bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, and other obligations of the authority, including, at the option of the authority, obligations bearing interest th…

(a) The purpose of this section is to promote the creation of California-based manufacturing, high-quality California-based jobs, advanced manufacturing, the reduction of greenhouse gases, or reductions in air and water pollution or energy consumption, and to ensure that Californ…

When the principal of and interest on bonds of the authority issued to finance or refund the cost of a particular project for a participating party shall have been fully paid and retired or when adequate provision shall have been made for the payment and retirement of the same, a…

(a) The authority, or the executive director of the authority, if authorized to do so by resolution of the authority, shall take official action towards the issuance of bonds with respect to any participating party at the next meeting of the authority occurring more than 30 days …

The authority, no later than March 31 of each year, shall submit to the Legislature a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year ending December 31. Such report shall include (a) a listing of the applications received, (b) a listing of the applications accepted for …

For the purposes of this chapter, the state is divided into districts, the number and boundaries of which shall be fixed by the director. The director and the supervisor shall have the authority to redefine the districts as needed to ensure the efficient administration of this ch…

The supervisor shall appoint one chief deputy and at least one district deputy for each of the districts provided for in this chapter, and shall prescribe their duties. (Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 898.)

The chief deputy shall be a competent engineer or geologist, preferably licensed in the state, and experienced in the development and production of oil and gas. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 521, Sec. 53. (SB 809) Effective January 1, 2018.)

Each district deputy shall be a competent engineer or geologist, preferably licensed in the state, and experienced in the development and production of oil and gas. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 521, Sec. 54. (SB 809) Effective January 1, 2018.)

An office under the supervision of a district deputy may be maintained in each district. The office shall be conveniently accessible to the oil and gas operators in the district. (Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1077, Sec. 1.)

(a) The supervisor shall so supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation, maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities attendant to oil and gas production, including pipelines not subject to regulation pursuant to C…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and notwithstanding any notice of intention, supplemental notice, well stimulation treatment permit, or similar authorization issued by the supervisor or district deputy, a local entity may, by ordinance, prohibit oil and gas operations or devel…

Acting with the approval of the director, the supervisor may annually expend, from the amount appropriated to the division, up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to support activities at the West Kern Oil Museum. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 731, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)

A district deputy in each district, designated by the supervisor, shall collect all necessary information regarding the oil and gas wells in the district, with a view to determining the presence of oil and gas sands and the location and extent of strata bearing water suitable for…

(a) On or before the first day of October of each year the supervisor shall make public, for the benefit of all interested persons, a report in writing showing: (1) The total amounts of oil and gas produced in each county in the state during the previous calendar year. (2) The to…

(a) (1) On or before July 1, 2026, the supervisor shall make all public information collected or maintained by the division, with priority given to well records, well logs, notices of intention, supplementary notices, field reports, inspection reports, correspondence, and other m…

The supervisor may publish any publications, reports, maps, or other printed matter relating to oil and gas, for which there may be public demand. If these publications, reports, maps, or other printed matter are sold, they shall be sold at cost, and the proceeds shall be deposit…

All money paid to the Treasurer pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 3400) shall be deposited to the credit of the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund, which is hereby established in the State Treasury, for expenditure as provided in Section 3401. (Amended by S…

(a) All money received in repayment of repair work done as provided in this chapter shall be returned and credited to the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund for expenditure as provided in Section 3401. (b) All miscellaneous revenues from oil and gas wells and from real …

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, on and after January 1, 1980, the supervisor or the Division of Oil and Ga…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the division shall, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, annually prepare and transmit to the Legislature a report of all of the following information statewide and by district: (1) The number of shall…

(a) By July 30, 2019, and annually thereafter, the Department of Conservation, in consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board, shall report to the fiscal and relevant policy committees of the Legislature on the Underground Injection Control Program. The report shall…

On or before July 1, 2023, the division shall develop and implement an education and outreach program to provide training to local governmental entities on materials collected and maintained by the division related to oil and gas operations. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 727, Sec. 4…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the interpretation of this division. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1264, Sec. 1.)

“Authority” means the California Urban Waterfront Area Restoration Financing Authority established pursuant to Section 32050, and any board, commission, department, or officer succeeding to the functions thereof or to whom the powers conferred upon the authority by this division …

“Bonds” means bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, commercial paper, and any other evidences of indebtedness. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1264, Sec. 1.)

“Coastal zone” means that area of the state defined in subdivision (a) of Section 31006, except that it includes lands in Contra Costa County from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge north and east to the termination of the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Develo…

“Conservancy” means the State Coastal Conservancy established pursuant to Section 31100. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1264, Sec. 1.)

“Cost,” as applied to a project, or portion thereof, financed under this division, means all, or any part of, the costs of construction and acquisition of all lands, structures, real or personal property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and interests acquired or use…