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CA Pub Res Code § 6815.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 1 - Provisions Relating to All State Lands|Section 6815.1.

6815.1.  Whenever the commission exercises a right to take oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons in kind pursuant to any lease the commission shall make and enter into contracts or agreements for the disposition and sale of such oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons only with the highest responsible bidder upon competitive bidding, and in accordance with procedures set forth in rules and regulations adopted by the commission. All specifications and forms for the purpose of inviting bids in connection with such disposition and sale shall be adopted by the commission prior to publication of notice to bidders. Should no bids be received, or should the commission determine to reject any and all bids because of the insufficiency thereof, the commission may negotiate and enter into agreements for such disposition and sale under terms and conditions deemed by the commission to be in the best interests of the State.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1429.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6815.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 1 - Provisions Relating to All State Lands|Section 6815.2.

6815.2.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 6815.1, the commission may take any oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons taken in kind by it, pursuant to any lease or agreement, and exchange it, by competitive bidding, for refined products which shall be allocated to state agencies and to other public agencies, if the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, established pursuant to Division 15 (commencing with Section 25000), after a public hearing, finds, in its judgment, that such retention and allocation is necessary to alleviate fuel shortage conditions or will effect a substantial cost saving to the state.(b) The commission may make and enter into contracts or agreements for exchange of such oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons taken in kind for finished products required for use by state and other public agencies. Such contracts or agreements shall be entered into by competitive bids. The commission may reject all bids, if it determines that they are not in the public interest.(c) The commission shall charge the state or other public agencies allocated refined products the current market price of these products including all applicable taxes. This price shall not be less than the value of the oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons which would have been received by the state if not taken in kind. The revenue shall be subject to the terms and conditions enumerated in Section 6217. The taxes generated by these sales shall be distributed according to applicable provisions of the Revenue and Taxation Code.(d) The refined products obtained from such exchange contracts or agreements shall be allocated to state agencies and to other public agencies in accordance with the regulations which shall be adopted, after a public hearing, by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.(e) Notwithstanding Section 6815.1, if the commission determines that it is in the best interests of the state, it may allow another state or public agency to take in kind oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons acquired by the commission.The commission shall charge the state or other public agencies allocated in kind oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons the current market price of these products, including all applicable taxes. This price shall not be less than the value of the oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons which would have been received by the state if not taken in kind. The commission may also charge for any transportation, treatment, or other costs associated with taking the in kind royalty. The revenue shall be subject to the terms and conditions enumerated in Section 6217. The taxes generated by these sales shall be distributed according to applicable provisions of the Revenue and Taxation Code.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1171, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6818 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 1 - Provisions Relating to All State Lands|Section 6818.

6818.  All applications made to the commission pursuant to this chapter for erection of any permanent structure on tidelands or submerged lands or for depositing thereon or removal therefrom of any material shall be submitted by the commission to the Director of Parks and Recreation to make an examination and report concerning possible interference with the recreational use of lands littoral to the tidelands or submerged lands involved in such application. All such applications shall also be submitted by the commission to the Attorney General for approval as to compliance with the applicable provisions of law and of the rules and regulations of the commission. Should it be found by the commission that the action proposed in any such application would unreasonably interfere with the maintenance or use of the lands involved for recreational purposes or protection of shore properties, such application shall not be granted unless modified in a manner which may avoid such interference.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6819 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 1 - Provisions Relating to All State Lands|Section 6819.

6819.  The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to require any person extracting oil or gas or other minerals from lands under the jurisdiction of the commission to remove beach and underwater obstructions.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1053.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6826.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6826.1.

6826.1.  The State Lands Commission shall not permit the taking of cores or other samples by means of drilling operations on or under the tide and submerged lands described in subdivision (c), (d), or (f) of Section 6871.2 or on tide or submerged lands of the state along the coast of the Pacific Ocean extending from the southerly boundary of the state to the northerly boundary of the City of Newport Beach in Orange County for the purpose of exploring for, or exploiting, oil and gas resources.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 747.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6827.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6827.1.

6827.1.  Nothing contained in this chapter or any other law shall prevent or prohibit two or more persons who are individually eligible to hold a lease under this chapter from making a joint bid for any lease or leases offered under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1724.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6827.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6827.2.

6827.2.  In order to prevent the premature abandonment of a lease, notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, if, after the holding of a public hearing, the commission finds that continued production from a lease is in the best interests of the people of California and that such production is economically unfeasible under the terms set forth in the lease, the commission may renegotiate the lease to reduce the minimum royalty rate or to substitute such other consideration as would be in the best interests of the state.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 476.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6827.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6827.5.

6827.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 6851), Article 4 (commencing with Section 6870), or any other law, and to the extent not prohibited by federal law, any state agency, department, or commission, or any local trustee, with leasing authority over public lands within the state shall not enter into any new lease or other conveyance authorizing new construction of oil- and gas-related infrastructure upon public lands, including tidelands and submerged lands, to support production of oil and natural gas upon federal lands that are designated as, or were at any time designated as, federally protected lands.(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit either of the following:(1) Any activity undertaken to repair, relocate, or maintain any pipeline or other infrastructure used to convey oil or natural gas or any other activity necessary to ensure the safe operation of infrastructure used in the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas.(2) Any activity undertaken to convey oil or natural gas produced from state lands or waters.(c) State agencies, departments, and commissions with leasing authority over public lands may establish regulations for the implementation of this section.(d) This section does not impair or affect, in any way, valid leases that are in effect as of January 1, 2020.(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) “Federally protected land” means land designated as a national monument, park, wilderness area, wildlife refuge, or wilderness study area.(2) “Local trustee” means a local trustee of granted public trust lands that is a county, city, or district, including water, sanitary, regional park, port, or harbor districts, or any other local political or corporate subdivision that has been granted public trust lands through a legislative grant.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 769, Sec. 1. (AB 342) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6828 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6828.

6828.  All leases of lands containing oil or gas made or issued under this chapter shall be subject to the condition that the lessee will use all reasonable precautions to prevent waste of oil or gas developed in the land, or the entrance of water through wells drilled to the oil-bearing strata, to the destruction or injury of the oil deposits. All leases shall further provide that the lessee therein shall comply with all valid laws of the United States and of the State of California and with all valid ordinances of cities and counties applicable to the lessee’s operations, including, without limitation by reason of the specification thereof, the lessee’s compliance with Division 3 of this code.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6829 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6829.

6829.  Every oil and gas lease executed under this chapter, and any oil and gas lease assigned, transferred, or sublet, pursuant to Section 6804, shall include all of the following:(a) Terms, conditions, and provisions that will protect the interests of the state with reference to securing the payment to the state of the proper amount or value of production.(b) Terms, conditions, and provisions that will protect the interests of the state with reference to the spacing of wells for the purpose of properly offsetting the drainage of oil and gas from state lands by wells drilled and operated on and within privately owned lands; diligence on the part of the lessee in drilling wells to the oil sands and requirements as to depth of those wells for the purpose of reaching the oil sands and producing oil and gas therefrom in commercial quantities.(c) Provisions specifying methods of operation and standard requirements for carrying on operations in a proper and professional manner, the prevention of waste, the protection of the safety and health of workers, and the liability of the lessee for personal injuries and property damage.(d) Security, or other financial assurance, for faithful performance by the lessee, including provisions for the forfeiture of the lease, as set forth in Section 6805, and the requirement that the lessee shall, at the time of execution of the lease, including any amendments thereof, furnish and thereafter maintain a good and sufficient bond in such sum as may be specified by the commission, in favor of the state, guaranteeing faithful performance by the lessee of the terms, covenants, and conditions of the lease and of the provisions of this chapter, including for the costs of plugging and abandoning wells and decommissioning all associated production facilities.(e) Other covenants, conditions, requirements, and reservations as may be deemed advisable by the commission in effecting the purpose of this chapter and not inconsistent with any of its provisions, provided that any provision of an oil and gas lease executed under this chapter that purports to deprive the state or a lessee of any right or benefit secured by law, or is otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, shall be void and shall be deemed separable from and without effect upon the valid provisions of the lease.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 607, Sec. 4. (SB 1147) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6829.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6829.1.

6829.1.  Every oil and gas lease, including leases of tide and submerged lands, executed under this chapter, shall specify a period of not to exceed three (3) years, as specified by the commission in the invitation for bids, subject to extension by the commission as provided in this chapter, as the drilling term of the lease within which the lessee may commence operations for the drilling of a well for oil or gas, and, providing that, if lessee fails to commence such operations and to thereafter diligently prosecute them, the lease shall terminate.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2166.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6829.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6829.2.

6829.2.  The commission, in the interest of increasing the ultimate recovery of oil or gas, the protection of oil or gas from unreasonable waste, the possible arresting or amelioration of land subsidence, or protecting adjacent landowners, may include in any oil and gas lease executed under this chapter a provision which may require the lessee to enter into any unit or cooperative agreement with respect to the leased lands when the commission gives notice of intention to lease those lands. For any of those purposes, the commission, on behalf of the state as lessor or prospective lessor, may negotiate and enter into unit or cooperative agreements with respect to lands owned by the state, or lands in which the oil and gas deposits are reserved to the state, for the purpose of bringing about the unitized or cooperative development and operation of all, or a part or parts, of the oil and gas field in which the lands are located. Subject to the provisions of this section and notwithstanding any competitive bidding requirements or restrictions on term contained in this code or any other statute, the commission may negotiate and execute all agreements necessary to effectuate, implement, or modify any such unit or cooperative agreement, including the power to bind and commit lands, including tide and submerged lands, or any interest in lands, to the cooperative or unit agreement for the full term thereof, irrespective of whether the term thereof is for a period extending over the life of the field or for any other indefinite period. The power of the commission to enter into unit or cooperative agreements includes the power to do other acts or things, and to incur on behalf of the state other commitments and obligations, that are customary in unit or cooperative agreements. The commission may designate a representative or representatives to attend unit meetings, vote, and otherwise represent and bind the interest of the state in accordance with the terms and conditions of any such unit or cooperative agreement.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1463, Sec. 5.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6829.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6829.3.

6829.3.  (a) The commission shall seek additional infrastructure bonding or other financial assurance, as feasible, under its jurisdiction when a lease term is negotiated or renegotiated for an offshore oil or gas lease.(b) The commission shall coordinate with the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to ensure the actions taken pursuant to this section and Section 3205.6 are not duplicative.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 607, Sec. 5. (SB 1147) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6830 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6830.

6830.  All oil and gas leases issued by the commission for lands under its jurisdiction as set forth in Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 1 and in Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 6 of this code shall contain a reservation to the commission of the right to determine the spacing of wells and the rate of drilling and rate of production of such wells so as to prevent the waste of oil and gas and promote the maximum economic recovery of oil and gas from, and the conservation of reservoir energy in, each zone or separate underground source of supply of oil or gas covered in whole or in part by leases issued under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2166.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6830.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6830.1.

6830.1.  It is hereby found and determined by the Legislature of the State of California as follows:(a) That the people of the State of California have a direct and primary interest in assuring the production of the optimum quantities of oil and gas from lands owned by the state, and that a minimum of oil and gas be left wasted and unrecovered in such lands.(b) That the state owns tide and submerged lands, which lands have been developed under oil and gas leases issued by the state to such extent that it is desirable that secondary operations be undertaken within such lands in an effort to obtain the maximum economic ultimate recovery of oil and gas from said lands; and that it is desirable that the carrying on of secondary recovery operations in such lands be encouraged, which operations the holders of such leases may otherwise not undertake because certain of the leases covering such lands provide for the payment of graduated royalties dependent upon daily per well rates of oil production (which, in the case of multiple completions, means the separately measured average daily production from each zone produced through a separate string of tubing or through casing which is not in communication with any other zone), which graduated royalties were established without contemplation of secondary recovery operations and the economics respecting such operations.The definition relating to multiple completions set forth herein shall apply to leases executed on or after the effective date of the amendments made to this section at the 1966 Second Extraordinary Session of the Legislature and may, with the approval of the commission, apply to oil produced from leased lands with respect to which the commission and the holder of the lease shall, on or after the effective date of such amendments, enter into an amendatory agreement pursuant to Section 6830.2. It is not the intention of the Legislature in enacting this paragraph to declare the law relating to the computation of daily per well rates of oil production from multiple completions before the effective date of such amendments or in the absence of such an amendatory agreement.(Amended by Stats. 1966, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 7.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6830.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS|PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS|CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases|ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally|Section 6830.2.

6830.2.  Whenever the holder of an oil and gas lease of state-owned lands proposes to engage in secondary recovery operations within such lease, the commission and the holder of the lease may mutually agree to modifications of the lease in furtherance of such proposal and with the object of obtaining the maximum economic ultimate recovery of oil and gas from the lands included within such lease, so far as such is reasonably practicable.Any such amendatory agreement shall contain provisions to assure, so far as reasonably practicable:(a) That the total royalty production to which the state shall thereafter be entitled shall be no less than the total royalty production to which the state would thereafter have been entitled if such lease had continued to be operated under primary recovery methods, absent any secondary recovery operations, and (b) that the royalty production accruing to the state from the additional oil produced, if any, as a result of the conduct of secondary recovery operations shall be calculated and determined in such manner as to be at least as great in proportion to such additional oil as the royalty production agreed upon in conformance with subdivision (a) of this section is in proportion to the total remaining primary production agreed upon in conformance with subdivision (a).As a basis for making a determination that it is in the best interests of the state that it enter into such an agreement, and before authorizing the execution thereof, and to determine the appropriate royalty rates on primary and on additional production, the commission shall, using all information available to it, make a calculated projection of the volume of primary royalty to which the state would be entitled under the existing royalty provisions of the lease for the zone or zones involved in the proposal, absent secondary recovery operations, and shall compare its determinations with those of the holder of the lease in an effort to arrive at a mutual agreement.(Amended by Stats. 1966, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 7.)