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CA Pub Res Code § 6830.3 (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 6830.3.

6830.3.  In satisfaction of the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6830.2, the commission may consider, use, apply or adopt any means, methods, formulas or data available to it in order to arrive, in accordance with generally recognized good engineering practice, at any provisions to be included in any agreement amendatory to the lease, mutually acceptable to the holder of the lease, including the rate or rates of royalty to be applied, and otherwise in conformity with the provisions of this section and Section 6830.2.The royalty rate or rates to be applied during secondary recovery operations shall in no event be less than the minimum royalty provided by the lease prior to any amendment thereof entered into pursuant to this section and Section 6830.2, but nothing in this section and Section 6830.2 is intended to require that the holder of the lease shall account to the State for a guaranteed quantity of royalty production, but neither shall it prohibit the holder of the lease from guaranteeing to the State any given quantity of royalty production.Amendatory agreements entered into pursuant to and in conformity with this section and Section 6830.2 may be made in conjunction with agreements entered into for the purpose of effecting a co-operative or unit plan of development pursuant to the provisions of this code, including Section 6832 thereof.(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 979.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6831 (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 6831.

6831.  Rights of way through all State lands may be granted to any lessee by the commission under such regulations as to survey, location, application, and use as may be prescribed by the commission.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6832 (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 6832.

6832.  For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural resources of any oil or gas pool or field, or any part thereof, lessees hereunder and their representatives may unite with each other jointly or separately, or jointly or separately with others owning or operating lands not belonging to the State, including lands belonging to the United States, in collectively adopting and operating under a cooperative or unit plan of development or operation of the pool or field, or any part thereof, whenever it is determined by the commission to be necessary or advisable in the public interest. The commission may, with the consent of the holders of leases involved, establish, alter, change, and revoke any drilling and production requirements of such leases, permit apportionment of production and may make such regulations with reference to such leases, with like consent on the part of such lessees, in connection with the institution and operation of any such co-operative or unit plan, as the commission deems necessary or proper to secure the proper protection of the interests of the State.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1724.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6833 (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 6833.

6833.  The commission, upon such conditions as the commission shall prescribe, may approve operating, drilling or development contracts made by one or more lessees holding oil or gas leases on State lands with one or more persons, associations, or corporations, whenever in the discretion of the commission the conservation of natural products or the public convenience and necessity require it, or the interests of the State may be best subserved thereby.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6834 (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 6834.

6834.  Whenever the commission determines that lands shall be leased for oil and gas as provided in this chapter and when the form of lease therefor has been prepared by the commission, the commission shall give notice of intention to lease such lands. The notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the lands or the greater portion thereof are situated and shall state the time (which shall not be less than 14 days after the last date of publication of the notice) and place for receiving and opening bids, a description of the lands, either as a tract or by parcels, and that the form of lease for the purpose of bidding may be procured at the designated office of the commission.If the notice is published in a weekly newspaper, it must appear therein on at least two different days of publication and if in a newspaper published oftener, there must be at least five days from the first to the last day of publication, both days included.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2166.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6835 (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 6835.

6835.  Each bid (which shall be in the form of a lease prepared in accordance with this chapter) for an oil and gas lease shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier’s check of a responsible bank in California payable to the State of California in an amount to be fixed by the commission, which sum shall be deposited as evidence of good faith and except in the case of the successful bidder shall be returned to the bidder. Upon the execution of the lease the amount shall be applied upon the annual rental for the first year and the balance, if any, shall be returned to the lessee. If the successful bidder fails or refuses to execute the lease within 15 days after the award thereof, the amount of the check shall be forfeited to the State.(Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1241.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6836 (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 6836.

6836.  At the time and place specified in the notice, the commission shall publicly open the sealed bids and shall award the lease for each parcel to the highest qualified bidder, unless in the opinion of the commission, the acceptance of the highest bid for any parcel or parcels is not for the best interests of the State, in which event the commission may reject all the bids for such parcel or parcels. Thereupon new bids may be called for and the parcel or parcels for which the bids were rejected may be leased as herein provided.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1724.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6851 (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 3 - Oil and Gas Leases on Lands Other Than Tide and Submerged Lands|Section 6851.

6851.  Lands owned by the State, or lands in which the oil and gas deposits are reserved to the State, other than tide and submerged lands, may be leased for the production of oil and gas in accordance with the provisions of this article and of this chapter in so far as not in conflict with the provisions of this article.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6852 (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 3 - Oil and Gas Leases on Lands Other Than Tide and Submerged Lands|Section 6852.

6852.  Whenever it appears to the commission that it is for the best interests of the State to lease any such lands for the production of oil or gas therefrom, or whenever a person who possesses the qualifications provided in this chapter makes written request therefor, the commission may offer the same for bidding at such times and in such parcels as the commission shall determine to be in the best interests of the State.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1945.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6853 (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 3 - Oil and Gas Leases on Lands Other Than Tide and Submerged Lands|Section 6853.

6853.  The commission may divide the lands within the tract proposed to be leased into parcels of convenient size and shape and shall prepare a form of lease therefor.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6854 (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 3 - Oil and Gas Leases on Lands Other Than Tide and Submerged Lands|Section 6854.

6854.  Lands, including the Tule Elk State Reserve located in Township 30 South, Range 24 East, MDB&M in Kern County, other than tide or submerged lands, belonging to the state and dedicated to a public use may be leased by the commission for the production of oil and gas in accordance with this article and this chapter insofar as not in conflict with this article.Where those lands have been acquired for the use of a specific state agency, consent of this agency shall be obtained by the commission for occupation by a state lessee of the surface of the lands for drilling locations or producing facilities. The commission may lease those lands, including the Tule Elk State Reserve in Kern County, for the production of oil and gas without the consent of the state agency if development under the lease is made by slant drilling from surface locations on lands not under the control of the state agency. However, the commission shall consult with the Department of Parks and Recreation prior to approving a lease for the production of oil and gas underlying the Tule Elk State Reserve to ensure that the purposes for which the parklands were acquired are not adversely affected.The commission may grant a subsurface oil and gas lease in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 6815 covering all or any portion of the Tule Elk State Reserve in Kern County for the production of oil and gas underlying the reserve by means of slant or directional drilling from surface locations outside of the reserve.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1218, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6855 (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 3 - Oil and Gas Leases on Lands Other Than Tide and Submerged Lands|Section 6855.

6855.  The proceeds of any lease for the extraction of any oil and gas from lands owned by the State, other than public lands or tide or submerged lands under the jurisdiction of the commission, property escheated to the State or held in trust, lands held by the State as tax-deeded property and lands acquired for state highway purposes, shall be paid into the General Fund in the State Treasury, regardless of whether such lease is executed pursuant to this chapter or any other provision of law.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 164.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6870 (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 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes|Section 6870.

6870.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no leases shall be let for the extraction of oil and gas from coastal tidelands or submerged lands in state waters within the Santa Barbara Channel unless the commission determines that such a lease will not result in the seepage or spillage of oil (either by finding that the safety and containment devices to be used are sufficient to prevent such seepage or spillage or that no seepage or spillage would result in any event) or in the destruction of scenic or aesthetic values.(b) As used in this section, the Santa Barbara Channel is the area described as follows:Beginning at the point of intersection of the ordinary high-water mark of the Pacific Ocean with the westerly point of Point Conception; thence in a generally easterly and southeasterly direction along said ordinary high-water mark to the westerly point of Point Mugu; thence in a generally southwesterly direction to the southwest tip of Anacapa Island; thence along the inland sides of Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and San Miguel Islands to the most westerly part of San Miguel Island; thence in a northerly direction to the point of beginning; excluding the area described in subdivision (b) of Section 6871.2.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1530.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6871 (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 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes|Section 6871.

6871.  Tide and submerged lands and beds of navigable rivers and lakes may be leased by the commission for the extraction of oil and gas in accordance with the provisions of this article and of this chapter insofar as not in conflict with the provisions of this article. No political subdivision of the State or any city or county or any official of either or any of them shall grant or issue any lease, license, easement, privilege, or permit vesting authority in any person to take or extract oil or gas from tide or submerged lands whether filled or unfilled of which the State is the owner or from which the State has the right to extract oil or gas, or both.(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1724.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6871.3 (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 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes|Section 6871.3.

6871.3.  Whenever it appears to the commission that it is for the best interests of the State to lease lands subject to the provisions of Section 6871.1 or 6877 of this code for the production of oil or gas therefrom, or whenever a person who possesses the qualifications provided in this chapter makes written request therefor, the commission may, subject to the provisions of Section 6871.4, offer the same for bidding at such times and in such parcels as the commission shall determine to be in the best interests of the State.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1945.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6871.4 (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 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes|Section 6871.4.

6871.4.  The commission may divide the lands within the area proposed to be leased into parcels of convenient size and shape and shall prepare a form of lease or leases therefor embracing not to exceed 5,760 acres in any one lease.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2166.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6872 (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 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes|Section 6872.

6872.  (a) If an application for oil and gas development in state waters that is determined to be incomplete by the commission continues to remain incomplete one year after the date of the first incomplete notice sent to the applicant by the commission, the application shall be considered withdrawn.(b) If an application has been withdrawn pursuant to subdivision (a), the applicant may submit a new application.(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 298, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6872.1 (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 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes|Section 6872.1.

6872.1.  Whenever it appears to the commission that oil and gas deposits are known or believed to be contained in any such lands as are described in Section 6871.2, subdivision (b), of this code or in tide and submerged lands along the coast of the Pacific Ocean south of the northerly city limits of the City of Newport Beach in Orange County to the southerly boundary of the state, and are being drained by means of wells upon adjacent lands owned by others than the state, the commission shall thereupon be authorized and empowered to lease state-owned tide and submerged lands adjacent to any such wells for the production of oil and gas therefrom, either as a tract or in parcels of such size and shape as the commission shall determine but only within an area and to an extent necessary to offset such drainage of state-owned tide and submerged lands by any such wells upon adjacent lands owned by others.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1238.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6872.2 (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 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes|Section 6872.2.

6872.2.  If the commission determines that any tide and submerged lands belonging to the state in the area hereinafter referred to should be drilled pursuant to the terms of Section 6872.1 of this code, then, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6874 of this code, in order to preserve and protect the highly developed recreational and residential area now referred to, the commission shall require that any well or wells drilled pursuant to the terms of any lease issued with respect to any part of the hereinafter described area be slant-drilled from an upland or littoral site to and into the subsurface of the tide or submerged lands covered by the lease. The area to which this section is applicable is the tide and submerged lands along the coast of the Pacific Ocean south of the northerly city limits of the City of Newport Beach in Orange County to the southerly boundary of the state.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1238.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6872.5 (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 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes|Section 6872.5.

6872.5.  The commission may adjust the boundaries of existing leases to encompass all of a field partially contained within the existing lease subject to both of the following conditions:(a) The commission makes all of the following findings:(1) The adjustment will permit more efficient utilization of state resources.(2) The number and size of existing offshore platforms will not be increased, except that modifications to a platform within the existing boundaries of a lease shall be permitted where the modifications are reasonably necessary for development of all of the resources within the reconfigured lease.(3) The boundary adjustment will not require the construction or major modification of a refinery in this state to permit development of any increased production resulting from the boundary adjustment, unless that construction or major modification is to a field production facility servicing the lease.(4) The boundary adjustment represents the environmentally least damaging feasible alternative for the extraction and production of affected resources.(b) Those parts of the field within areas added to the existing lease may not be developed except from upland sites or from existing offshore facilities within the original lease boundaries.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 970, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6873.1 (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 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes|Section 6873.1.

6873.1.  Filled lands shall include, but not be limited to, tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rivers or lakes, reclaimed artificially through raising such lands above the highest probable elevation of the tides, or high water line on the river banks or shore, to form dry land, by placement of a fill or deposit of earth, rock, sand or other solid imperishable material. Such fill may be retained in place or protected by bulkheads, seawalls, revetments or similar enclosures and may be placed at any location approved by the commission under a lease heretofore or hereafter issued pursuant to this article.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1945.)
CA Pub Res Code § 6873.2 (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 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes|Section 6873.2.

6873.2.  In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 6873 and the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)), the commission shall, prior to leasing tide and submerged lands or the beds of navigable rivers or lakes for oil and gas, hold at least one hearing on any draft environmental impact report prepared for the proposed lease. The hearing shall be held within a city or county near the area being considered for leasing. The commission shall give at least 30 days’ written notice regarding the public hearing to each city or county within or adjacent to the proposed lease area and shall publish the notice in the manner prescribed in Section 6834. The authority to hold hearings provided in this section may be delegated by the commission to its officers or employees.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 384, Sec. 2.)