California

Public Resources Code - PRC

8,181 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 31171 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Santa Ana River is the largest stream system in southern California, covering an area of about 2,700 square miles in parts of Orange, S
• § 31172 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Program” means the Santa Ana River Conservancy Program.
• § 31173 — The conservancy may undertake projects and award grants and loans to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to help achieve all of the following goals of the program: (a) Recreational opportuniti
• § 31174 — In administering the program, the conservancy shall, consistent with the purposes of this chapter, do all of the following: (a) Create an advisory group to offer advice, expertise, support, or service
• § 31175 — In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, and without limiting the express or implied powers of the conservancy in implementing other provisions of this division, the conservancy shall have, and m
• § 31176 — (a) The conservancy shall, as necessary and appropriate, cooperate and consult with a public water or wastewater system before the conservancy acquires an interest in real property, or awards a grant,
• § 31177 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 31175, the conservancy is subject to all laws, regulations, and general and specific plans of the legislative body of the city or county with geographic jurisdiction over t
• § 31178 — To the extent feasible, in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the conservancy shall utilize the services of the California Conservation Corps and Community Conservation Corps, as defined in Se
• § 31179 — (a) The Santa Ana River Conservancy Program Account is hereby created in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund.
• § 31180 — The conservancy shall include information about the program in its report to the Governor and Legislature pursuant to Section 31108.
• § 31200 — The conservancy may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of restoration of areas of the coastal zone that, because of scattered ownerships, poor lot layout, inad
• § 31201 — All areas proposed for restoration by the conservancy, a local public agency, or a nonprofit organization shall be identified in a certified local coastal plan or program as requiring public action to
• § 31203 — In reviewing grant applications and restoration plans, the conservancy shall seek to promote excellence of design and shall stimulate projects which exhibit innovation in sensitively integrating man-m
• § 31204 — The conservancy may provide up to the total cost of any coastal restoration project, including the local share of federally supported projects.
• § 31205 — The conservancy shall request the commission, local public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other public and private groups to assist in the development of criteria and guidelines for the submis
• § 31206 — In accordance with procedures adopted by the conservancy, public agencies and nonprofit organizations may submit proposed coastal restoration projects for consideration by the conservancy.
• § 31207 — In connection with proposed coastal restoration projects, the conservancy may fund up to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) of the cost of preparing coastal restoration plans.
• § 31207.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with a restoration project, when the Legislature appropriates
• § 31208 — (a) Following completion of a coastal restoration plan, the conservancy shall forward the proposed plan to the commission for determination of conformity of the plan with the policies and objectives o
• § 31208.5 — In the case of San Francisco Bay projects, the conservancy shall forward a proposed coastal restoration plan to the bay commission for determination of conformity with the bay plan, and, where relevan
• § 31209 — Following approval of a restoration plan as provided in Section 31208, the conservancy shall so notify the local public agency and shall authorize the agency to proceed with actions required to implem
• § 31210 — Costs of providing parks, open space, or other public areas and facilities may be included as project costs within coastal restoration areas, if they are designed to serve the residents of the restora
• § 31211 — The conservancy, local public agencies, and nonprofit organizations, in undertaking coastal restoration projects as provided in this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of Division 24 (commenc
• § 31212 — Any funds over and above eligible project costs which remain after completion of a coastal restoration project as provided in this chapter shall be transmitted by the recipient to the state and deposi
• § 31213 — Where a local public agency is unable or unwilling to undertake restoration of any area, the conservancy may undertake the restoration or authorize a nonprofit organization to do so after notification
• § 31213.5 — In the case of San Francisco Bay, the conservancy may undertake restoration of an area only upon formal request by resolution of a local public agency or the bay commission, except that, with respect
• § 31214 — A restoration plan prepared for a project to be carried out by the conservancy as provided in Section 31213, shall, before any lands are acquired or other implementation actions taken, be submitted to
• § 31215 — Prior to undertaking any restoration project under the provisions of Section 31213, the project shall be included within, and funded under, the Budget Act.
• § 31220 — (a) In order to improve and protect coastal and marine water quality and habitats, the conservancy may undertake coastal watershed and coastal and marine habitat water quality, sediment management, an
• § 3125 — All work to plug and abandon wells, decommission production facilities, or otherwise remediate well sites that is undertaken, funded, or financed by the division pursuant to Section 3226 or 3255 and p
• § 3125.1 — (a) Not later than June 30, 2024, the California Workforce Development Board shall consult with the division in developing and implementing the Oil and Gas Well Capping Pilot initiative established pu
• § 3125.2 — (a) The division, with assistance from the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, shall develop a procurement process to group multiple projects involving the performance of construction, alteration,
• § 3125.3 — (a) This section applies only to work performed by contractors licensed by the Contractors State License Board under contracts for the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation
• § 31251 — The conservancy may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of enhancement of coastal resources that, because of indiscriminate dredging or filling, improper locati
• § 31251.2 — (a) In order to enhance the natural or scenic character of coastal resources within the coastal zone, the conservancy may undertake a project or award a grant, consistent with subdivision (a) of Secti
• § 31252 — All areas proposed for resource enhancement by a state agency, local public agency, or nonprofit organization shall be identified in a certified local coastal plan or program as requiring public actio
• § 31253 — The conservancy may provide up to the total of the cost of any coastal resource enhancement project, including the state or local share of federally supported projects.
• § 31254 — The conservancy shall request the commission, local public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other public and private groups to assist in the development of criteria and guidelines for the submis
• § 31255 — In accordance with procedures adopted by the conservancy, state agencies, local public agencies, and nonprofit organizations may submit proposed coastal resource enhancement projects for consideration
• § 31255.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with an enhancement project, when the Legislature appropriate
• § 31257 — In connection with proposed coastal resource enhancement projects, the conservancy may fund up to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) of the cost of preparing coastal resource enhancement plans.
• § 31258 — (a) Following the completion of a coastal resource enhancement plan, the conservancy shall forward the plan to the commission for determination of conformity of the plan with the policies and objectiv
• § 31258.5 — In the case of San Francisco Bay projects, the conservancy shall forward a coastal resource enhancement plan to the bay commission for determination of conformity with the bay plan, and, where relevan
• § 31259 — Following review and approval of a resource enhancement plan as provided in Section 31258, the conservancy shall so notify the agency and shall authorize the agency to proceed with actions required to
• § 31260 — As part of an approved coastal resource enhancement project, the conservancy may fund the costs of land acquisition.
• § 31261 — Private development may be permitted within the area of the coastal resource enhancement projects, where such development is compatible with the primary objectives of resource protection and enhanceme
• § 31262 — Any funds over and above eligible project costs which remain after completion of a resource enhancement project as provided in this chapter shall be transmitted to the state and be deposited with the
• § 31263 — If a local public agency or state agency is unable or unwilling to undertake improvement of a deteriorating area, the conservancy may undertake the coastal resource enhancement or authorize a nonprofi
• § 31263.5 — In the case of San Francisco Bay, the conservancy may undertake resource enhancement of an area only upon formal request by resolution of a local public agency or the bay commission, except that, with
• § 31264 — A resource enhancement plan prepared for a project to be carried out directly by the conservancy as provided in Section 31263, shall, before any lands are acquired or other implementation actions take
• § 31265 — Prior to undertaking any resource enhancement project under the provisions of Section 31263, the project shall be included within, and funded under, the Budget Act.
• § 31270 — Notwithstanding the geographic limitations of this division or Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000), the conservancy may undertake a coastal resource enhancement project in the City of San Dieg
• § 3130 — For purposes of this article, the following terms mean the following: (a) “Beneficial use” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 13050 of the Water Code.
• § 31300 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Urban Waterfront Restoration Act of 1981“.
• § 31301 — The Legislature finds and declares that California’s urban waterfronts, being often the first part of an urban area to develop and, thus, the first to decay, are in need of restoration in order to be
• § 31302 — The conservancy shall administer the provisions of this chapter.
• § 31303 — The conservancy shall request the commission, public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other public and private groups to assist in the development of criteria and guidelines for the submission,
• § 31305 — In reviewing grant applications and urban waterfront restoration plans, the conservancy shall seek to promote excellence of design and shall stimulate projects which exhibit innovation in sensitively
• § 31306 — (a) The conservancy shall propose capital projects and capital programs, generated by the conservancy, local public agencies, or state agencies for grants available under Section 306A of the federal C
• § 31307 — The conservancy may award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the restoration of urban coastal waterfront areas.
• § 31308 — The conservancy may provide up to the total cost of any urban waterfront project, including the local share of federally supported projects.
• § 31309 — (a) Following approval of a proposed urban waterfront project by the conservancy, the conservancy may provide up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of the cost of preparing urban waterfront re
• § 3131 — (a) To ensure the appropriateness of a proposal by the state for an exempted aquifer determination subject to any conditions on the subsequent injection of fluids, and before proposing to the United S
• § 31310 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with an urban waterfront project, when the Legislature approp
• § 31311 — Costs of providing parks, open space, or other public areas and facilities may be included as project costs within urban waterfront restoration areas, if they are designed to serve the residents of th
• § 31311.5 — Where the conservancy awards any grant for the purpose of providing new or expanded facilities to serve the commercial fishing industry, the financial terms and any reimbursement provisions of that gr
• § 31312 — Local public agencies and nonprofit organizations, in undertaking urban waterfront restoration projects as provided in this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of Division 24 (commencing with
• § 31313 — Any funds over and above eligible project costs which remain after completion of an urban waterfront project as provided in this chapter shall be transmitted by the recipient to the state and deposite
• § 31314 — Plans prepared pursuant to this chapter for the Port of San Francisco may seek to expedite the implementation of visitor serving commercial uses of port property not needed for maritime use, establish
• § 31315 — The conservancy, under its mandate for urban waterfront restoration, shall administer the distribution of state funds, when appropriated to the conservancy, for the improvement of the infrastructure o
• § 31316 — Within the conservancy’s jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter and within urban coastal watershed areas, the conservancy may undertake projects and award grants for activities that are compatible with
• § 3132 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Carbon dioxide capture project” means a project that uses a process to separate carbon dioxide from industrial, commercial, or e
• § 31350 — It is the policy of the Legislature to assure that significant coastal resource sites shall be reserved for public use and enjoyment.
• § 31351 — (a) The conservancy shall cooperate with the commission, bay commission, and other public agencies and with nonprofit organizations in ensuring the reservation of interests in real property for purpos
• § 31352 — (a) If a public agency or nonprofit organization is unable, due to limited financial resources or other circumstances, to acquire, hold, protect, or use an interest in real property for a purpose prov
• § 31352.5 — Where a nonprofit organization is better situated than the conservancy to acquire temporarily an interest in real property for later acquisition by a public agency or nonprofit organization, the conse
• § 31353 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with a site-reservation project, when the Legislature appropr
• § 31354 — The conservancy may not hold fee interests acquired in accordance with this chapter for more than 10 years from the time of acquisition.
• § 31355 — The conservancy is authorized to lease interest in real property acquired in accordance with this chapter.
• § 31356 — All remaining revenue derived from leases, after allocation to counties as specified in Section 31355, shall be deposited annually with the conservancy and shall be available for expenditure when appr
• § 31400 — The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that the right of the public to access and enjoyment of the coastal resources should be effectively guaranteed.
• § 31400.1 — The conservancy may award grants to any public agency or nonprofit organization to acquire land, or any interest therein, or to develop, operate, or manage lands for public access purposes to and alon
• § 31400.2 — The conservancy may provide up to the total cost of the acquisition of interests in lands and the initial development of public accessways by any public agency or nonprofit organization, as provided i
• § 31400.3 — The conservancy may provide such assistance as is required to aid public agencies and nonprofit organizations in establishing a system of public coastal accessways, and related functions necessary to
• § 31401 — The conservancy shall develop and adopt standards to guide state and local public agencies and federal agencies to the extent permitted by federal law or regulations or the United States Constitution
• § 31402 — In order to assure that an adequate system of public accessways is provided along the entire coastline, the department or the conservancy may acquire fee title or lesser interests in areas required fo
• § 31402.1 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for timely acceptance of offers to dedicate interests in property, recorded pursuant to Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000) and needed to pro
• § 31402.2 — The conservancy shall accept any outstanding offer to dedicate a public accessway, described in Section 31402.
• § 31402.3 — (a) To the extent that funds are available in the Coastal Access Account in the State Coastal Conservancy Fund, the conservancy shall open at least three public accessways each year either directly or
• § 31403 — The department or the conservancy may not acquire any public access site under the power of eminent domain unless such acquisition is approved by the Legislature as part of its annual approval of the
• § 31404 — When another local public agency is unable or unwilling to take title to an area required for public access to and along the coastline, the department or the conservancy may accept title to such an ar
• § 31405 — The department or the conservancy may accept, from any public agency or nonprofit organization, fees collected for purposes of providing public access to coastal resources.
• § 31406 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the conservancy may enter into an option to acquire an interest in real property in connection with a public access project, when the Legislature appropriat
• § 31408 — (a) The conservancy shall, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation, the California Coastal Commission, and the Department of Transportation, coordinate the development of the Calif
• § 31409 — Consistent with the conservancy’s authority under this chapter to develop a system of public accessways to, and along, the state’s coastline, the conservancy may award grants and provide assistance to
• § 31410 — (a) That portion of the Ma-le’l Dunes in Humboldt County that is part of the California Coastal Trail and is under the jurisdiction of the conservancy is hereby designated and shall be known as the Se
• § 31411 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The right of access to the coast is guaranteed to the people of California by the California Constitution and the California Coastal Act of
• § 31412 — (a) The conservancy shall develop and implement a Lower Cost Coastal Accommodations Program to facilitate improvement of existing, and the development of new, lower cost accommodations within one and
• § 31413 — (a) The conservancy shall prepare a lower cost coastal accommodations assessment that includes, at a minimum, all of the following elements: (1) (A) A description of specific opportunities to improve
• § 31414 — (a) The conservancy may develop and implement a pilot program for the purposes of identifying and testing measures that support development, improvement, maintenance, and operation of lower cost accom
• § 3150 — “Additive” means a substance or combination of substances added to a base fluid for purposes of preparing well stimulation treatment fluid which includes, but is not limited to, an acid stimulation tr
• § 3151 — “Base fluid” means the continuous phase fluid used in the makeup of a well stimulation treatment fluid, including, but not limited to, an acid stimulation treatment fluid or a hydraulic fracturing flu
• § 3152 — “Hydraulic fracturing” means a well stimulation treatment that, in whole or in part, includes the pressurized injection of hydraulic fracturing fluid or fluids into an underground geologic formation i
• § 3153 — “Well stimulation treatment fluid” means a base fluid mixed with physical and chemical additives, which may include acid, for the purpose of a well stimulation treatment.
• § 3154 — “Proppants” means materials inserted or injected into the underground geologic formation that are intended to prevent fractures from closing.
• § 3155 — “Supplier” means an entity performing a well stimulation treatment or an entity supplying an additive or proppant directly to the operator for use in a well stimulation treatment.
• § 3156 — “Surface property owner” means the owner of real property as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll or, if more recent information than the information contained on the assessment roll is avail
• § 3157 — (a) For purposes of this article, “well stimulation treatment” means any treatment of a well designed to enhance oil and gas production or recovery by increasing the permeability of the formation.
• § 3158 — “Acid well stimulation treatment” means a well stimulation treatment that uses, in whole or in part, the application of one or more acids to the well or underground geologic formation.
• § 3159 — “Flowback fluid” means the fluid recovered from the treated well before the commencement of oil and gas production from that well following a well stimulation treatment.
• § 3160 — (a) On or before January 1, 2015, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall cause to be conducted, and completed, an independent scientific study on well stimulation treatments, including, b
• § 3161 — (a) The division shall finalize the regulations governing this article on or before January 1, 2015.
• § 3180 — (a) As used in this article, “gas storage well” means an active or idle well used primarily to inject natural gas into or withdraw natural gas from an underground natural gas storage facility.
• § 3181 — (a) The operator of a gas storage well shall submit for the supervisor’s approval the following materials: (1) Data describing the gas storage project and gas storage wells that demonstrate that store
• § 3181.5 — (a) (1) The operator of a gas storage well shall provide to the division a complete chemical inventory of the materials, of any phase, that may be emitted from the gas storage well in the event of a r
• § 3182 — On a weekly basis, the division shall post a list of notices received pursuant to Section 3203 on the division’s Internet Web site.
• § 3183 — (a) The division, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall determine and adopt by regulation what constitutes a reportable leak from a gas storage well and the timeframe for reporting
• § 3184 — (a) Within 72 hours of being notified of a reportable leak, pursuant to Section 3183, the supervisor shall determine if the reportable leak poses a significant present or potential hazard to public he
• § 3185 — The division shall perform unannounced random onsite inspections of some gas storage wells annually.
• § 3186 — An operator of a gas storage well shall develop and maintain a comprehensive gas storage well training and mentoring program for those employees whose job duties involve the safety of operations and m
• § 3186.3 — On or before July 1, 2021, in response to the independent root cause analysis of the 2015 well leak at the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility prepared by Blade Energy Partners dated May 16, 2019, and o
• § 3187 — All materials provided to the division and approved by the supervisor to comply with Sections 3181, 3184, and 3185 shall be posted and available to the public on the Internet Web site of the division
• § 3190 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Federal agency” means the United States Environmental Protection Agency, including Region 9 of that agency.
• § 3190.1 — (a) The supervisor, after consulting with the State Water Resources Control Board and an appropriate regional water quality control board, may authorize the conversion of not more than 250 wells for u
• § 3190.2 — A well that has been permitted or operated as a Class II well, as defined in Section 3130, shall not be authorized for use as a gravity-based energy storage well without the written acknowledgment and
• § 3190.3 — (a) For purposes of this section, “plan” means the plan required pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 3206.
• § 3190.4 — (a) The division shall require mechanical integrity testing before the conversion of a well to a gravity-based energy storage well, and not less than annually thereafter, that shall include, at a mini
• § 3190.5 — A gravity-based energy storage well that has lost its mechanical integrity shall be plugged and abandoned within one year or scheduled for plugging and abandonment in an approved idle well management
• § 3190.6 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, a gravity-based energy storage well shall meet all requirements applicable to a well specified in this division.
• § 3190.7 — The division shall identify all wells converted to or being operated as gravity-based energy storage wells on its internet website.
• § 3190.8 — (a) On or by January 1, 2033, the division, in consultation with entities operating gravity-based energy storage wells, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the State Water Resources Control Bo
• § 3190.9 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), this article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2035, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 3200 — An owner or operator of a well or production facility shall designate an agent, giving his or her address, who resides in this state, to receive and accept service of all orders, notices, and processe
• § 32000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Urban Waterfront Area Restoration Financing Authority Act.
• § 32001 — The Legislature finds and declares that it is essential that the state, in cooperation with local governments, use all practical means and measures to restore, revitalize, and develop, in an economica
• § 32002 — As to urban waterfront areas in the coastal zone, the purpose of this division is to carry out and make effective Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 31300) of Division 21 and, to that end, provide an
• § 32003 — This division is necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants and shall be liberally construed to implement its purposes.
• § 3201 — (a) The operator of a well or production facility shall notify the supervisor or the district deputy, in writing, in the form that the supervisor or the district deputy may direct, of the sale, assign
• § 3202 — (a) A person who acquires the right to operate a well or production facility, whether by purchase, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition, shall, as soon as it is reasonably
• § 32020 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the interpretation of this division.
• § 32021 — “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 functi
• § 32022 — “Bonds” means bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, commercial paper, and any other evidences of indebtedness.
• § 32023 — “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
• § 32024 — “Conservancy” means the State Coastal Conservancy established pursuant to Section 31100.
• § 32025 — “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 prope
• § 32025.5 — “Metropolitan statistical area” means any area so defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget.
• § 32026 — “Participating party” means any public or private entity, profit or nonprofit, including, but not limited to, any municipality, county, district, joint powers agency, person, company, corporation, par
• § 32027 — “Project” means an urban waterfront restoration activity located wholly or partly within the coastal zone for which a plan of urban waterfront restoration has been approved pursuant to Section 32059 a
• § 32028 — “Revenue” means all rents, receipts, purchase payments, loan repayments, proceeds of bonds, and all other income or receipts derived by the authority from the sale, lease, or other disposition of proj
• § 3203 — (a) The operator of any well, before commencing the work of drilling the well, shall file with the supervisor or the district deputy a written notice of intention to commence drilling.
• § 3203.5 — (a) The division shall require a copy of the local land use authorization that supports the installation of a well at the time an operator submits the notice of intention for the well under Section 32
• § 3204 — (a) An operator who, on or after January 1, 2018, engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of a well, shall file with the supervisor an indi
• § 3205 — (a) An operator who engages in the drilling, redrilling, deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of 20 or more wells at any time, may file with the supervisor one blanket indem
• § 3205.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 3204 and 3205, a person who engages in the drilling, redrilling, or deepening, or in any operation permanently altering the casing, of one or more wells located on submerg
• § 3205.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 3204, any person who engages in the operation of a class II commercial wastewater disposal well, as defined in subdivision (d), shall file an indemnity bond with the superv
• § 3205.3 — (a) The division may require an operator filing an individual indemnity bond pursuant to Section 3204 or a blanket indemnity bond pursuant to Section 3205, as applicable, to provide an additional amou
• § 3205.5 — In lieu of the indemnity bond required by Sections 3204, 3205, 3205.
• § 3205.6 — Before July 1, 2020, the supervisor shall do all of the following: (a) Evaluate and estimate the costs associated with the decommissioning, including plugging and abandonment pursuant to Section 3208,
• § 3205.7 — (a) (1) Commencing July 1, 2022, the division shall begin requiring each operator of an oil or gas well to submit a report to the supervisor that demonstrates the operator’s total liability to plug an
• § 3205.8 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person who acquires the right to operate a well or production facility, by purchase, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or other
• § 32050 — (a) There is in state government the California Urban Waterfront Area Restoration Financing Authority.
• § 32051 — All members shall serve thereon without compensation as members of the authority.
• § 32052 — This division shall be administered by the authority which shall have, and is hereby vested with, all powers reasonably necessary to carry out its powers and responsibilities.
• § 32053 — The authority shall maintain an office in the City of Sacramento.
• § 32054 — The chair shall appoint an executive director who shall not be a member of the authority and who shall serve at the pleasure of the authority and shall employ the staff of the conservancy and other ne
• § 32055 — The authority may, in accordance with Chapter 3.
• § 32056 — (a) The Attorney General shall be the legal counsel for the authority, but, upon approval of the Attorney General, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, the authority may employ legal cou
• § 32057 — Subject to the conditions, restrictions, and limitations of Section 32059, the authority shall have the power to do all the following: (a) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduc
• § 32058 — The authority shall establish criteria for the selection of projects to receive financial assistance from the authority.
• § 32059 — (a) No project located wholly or partially within the coastal zone shall be eligible for approval unless it has been approved by the conservancy and is located in a part of the coastal zone for which
• § 32059.5 — (a) No project located within the territory of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District, the Stockton Port District, or on a river, lake, or reservoir within a metropolitan statistical area shall be eligible
• § 3206 — (a) No later than May 1 of each year, the operator of any idle well shall do either of the following: (1) For each idle well that was an idle well at any time in the last calendar year, file with the
• § 3206.1 — (a) By June 1, 2018, the division shall review, evaluate, and update its regulations pertaining to idle wells.
• § 3206.1.5 — (a) On or before March 1, 2025, the division shall identify all low-production wells that are located in a county of the first class in an oil field that is adjacent to a state recreation area or stat
• § 3206.2 — (a) (1) The division, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall initiate a study to be conducted by independent experts of fugitive emissions from idle, idle-deserted, and abandoned we
• § 3206.3 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.
• § 3206.5 — (a) Any city or county may request from the supervisor a list of all idle wells, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 3008, within its jurisdiction.
• § 32060 — (a) The California Urban Waterfront Area Restoration Financing Authority Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 32061 — All expenses incurred in carrying out this division shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this division, and no liability or obligation shall be imposed upon the State of
• § 32061.5 — The activities of the conservancy in carrying out its responsibilities under this division shall be deemed to be consistent with and in furtherance of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 31300) of Divi
• § 32062 — All projects financed by the authority shall be constructed or completed subject to the rules and regulations of the authority.
• § 32063 — When the principal of, and interest on, bonds of the authority issued to finance the cost of a particular project for a participating party, including any refunding bonds issued to refund and refinanc
• § 32064 — (a) The authority, or its executive director if authorized by resolution of the authority, shall take official action towards the issuance of bonds with respect to any participating party at the next
• § 32065 — The authority, not 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.
• § 32066 — The Treasurer is the elected representative of the state to approve the issuance of bonds issued by or on behalf of the state pursuant to this chapter to the extent this approval is required by federa
• § 3207 — (a) Any individual or blanket indemnity bond issued in compliance with this chapter may be terminated and canceled and the surety relieved of all obligations thereunder when the well or wells covered
• § 3208 — (a) For the purposes of Sections 3206 and 3207, a well is properly abandoned when it has been shown, to the satisfaction of the supervisor, that all proper steps have been taken to isolate all oil-bea
• § 3208.1 — (a) To prevent, as far as possible, damage to life, health, and property, the supervisor or district deputy may order, or permit, the reabandonment of any previously abandoned well if the supervisor o
• § 3209 — The provisions of Section 3207 as to termination and cancellation shall also apply to all bonds which have been heretofore filed with the supervisor as then provided by law.
• § 3210 — The owner or operator of any well shall keep, or cause to be kept, a careful and accurate log, core record, and history of the drilling of the well.
• § 32100 — The total amount of bonds which may be outstanding at any one time under this division shall not exceed six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000).
• § 32101 — The Legislature may, by statute, authorize the authority to issue bonds in excess of the amount specified in Section 32100.
• § 32102 — (a) The authority is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds to provide funds to achieve its purposes.
• § 32103 — Except as otherwise expressly provided by the authority, every issue of its bonds shall be general obligations of the authority payable from any revenues or moneys of the authority available therefor
• § 32104 — Subject to the limitations in Sections 32100 and 32101, the bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or the authority may, in its discretion, issue bonds of both types.
• § 32105 — The bonds or notes shall be sold by the Treasurer within 60 days after receipt of a certified copy of the authority’s resolution authorizing the sale of the bonds, except that the authority may, at it
• § 32106 — Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may contain the following provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds to be authorized: (a
• § 32107 — Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing the bonds or notes shall be liable personally on the bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of
• § 32108 — The authority may, out of any funds available therefor, purchase its bonds or notes.
• § 32109 — In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued under this division may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and a corporate trustee or trustees, which may be the Treasure