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2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6916.

6916. (a) The commission may issue leases for direct heat application of geothermal resources for nonelectrical purposes for a royalty of less than 10 percent of gross revenue if it determines that such a royalty would be in the best interests of the state.
(b) The commission may also waive, suspend, or reduce the rental or minimum royalty for the lands included in any permit or lease, or any portion thereof, and waive, suspend, alter, or amend the operating requirements contained in the lease or regulations adopted pursuant to this section affecting operations of the lease or permit, in the interests of conservation, and to encourage the greatest ultimate recovery of geothermal resources if the commission determines that the action is necessary or beneficial to promote development or finds that the permit or lease cannot be successfully operated under the permit or lease terms or under the regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 180. Effective October 12, 2001.)
2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6917.

6917. A permit or lease may be terminated by the commission only pursuant to the provisions of Section 6805 of this code.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1398.)
2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6918.

6918. Leases under this article shall be for a primary term not to exceed 10 years and so long thereafter as geothermal resources are being or capable of being produced or utilized in commercial quantities, if the lessee is in compliance with the terms and conditions of an exploration and development program specified in the lease pursuant to Section 6911.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1139.)
2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6919.

6919. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission may negotiate and enter into agreements for compensation for drainage or geothermal leases of state-owned lands if any of the following conditions exist:
(a) Wells drilled upon private or public lands, including state-owned lands, are draining or may drain geothermal resources from state-owned lands; provided, that where wells are drilled on state-owned lands and other state-owned lands are or may be subject to drainage, the development is allowed only by drilling from already developed state lands.
(b) The lands are determined by the commission to be unsuitable for competitive bidding because of such factors as their small size or irregular configuration, or their inaccessibility from surface drill sites reasonably available or obtainable.
(c) The state owns a fractional interest in the lands.
(d) The lease or agreement is determined by the commission to be in the best interests of the state.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1171, Sec. 7.)
2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6920.

6920. Any person engaged in the production of geothermal resources under a lease issued by the commission may commingle geothermal resources from any two or more wells without regard to whether such wells are located on the lands for which such lease was issued or elsewhere, provided, however, that said lessee shall install and maintain meters or other measuring devices satisfactory to the commission to measure the amount of geothermal resources produced from lands for which leases were issued by the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1398.)
2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6921.

6921. A permittee or lessee may, upon the approval of the commission and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3700) of Division 3, drill special wells, convert producing wells or reactivate and convert abandoned wells for the sole purpose of reinjecting geothermal resources or the residue thereof. If the lessee realizes a profit on such operations or if the geothermal resources proposed for reinjection are produced from other than state leased lands, then the commission may charge such consideration as is determined to be in the public interest, not to exceed the net profits or royalties payable under the lease.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1139.)
2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6922.

6922. No prospecting permit or lease shall be made for less than 640 acres nor more than 5,760 acres and the permit or lease shall embrace a reasonably compact area. A prospecting permit or lease may be issued for a parcel less than 640 acres if the parcel is isolated from or not contiguous with other parcels of land available for a prospecting permit or lease hereunder or if the parcel would otherwise be subject to leasing rights as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 6912 by more than one surface owner. No person, association, or corporation shall take, hold, own, or control at one time, whether acquired directly from the commission under this article or otherwise, any direct or indirect interests in state geothermal leases or prospecting permits exceeding 25,600 acres. In computing acreage holdings or control, the accountable acreage of a party owning an undivided interest in a lease or prospecting permit shall be the party’s proportionate part of the total lease or prospecting permit acreage. Likewise, the accountable acreage of a party owning an interest in a corporation or association shall be his proportionate part of the corporation’s or association’s accountable acreage, except that no person shall be charged with his pro rata share of any acreage holdings of any association or corporation unless he is the beneficial owner of more than 10 percent of the stock or other instruments of ownership or control of the association or corporation. Parties owning a royalty or other interest determined by or payable out of a percentage of production from a lease or prospecting permit will be charged with a similar percentage of the total acreage. No limitation shall apply to the number of prospecting permits or leases granted under this article. In the unitizing of acreage by two or more lessees pursuant to a cooperative or unit plan of development or operation approved by the commission, accountable acreage of a party owning an interest shall be his pro rata share and any lease or portion so committed shall continue in force so long as committed to the plan beyond the expiration date of its primary term. Any lease eliminated from any approved cooperative plan of development shall continue in effect for the original term of the lease or for two years after its elimination from the plan or the termination thereof, whichever is longer, and so long thereafter as geothermal resources are being produced or utilized in commercial quantities. A purchaser of geothermal resources pursuant to a sales contract approved by the commission shall not be deemed to have a direct or indirect interest in geothermal leases or prospecting permits.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 617, Sec. 2.)
2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6923.

6923. For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural resources of any geothermal resources areas, or any part thereof, the lessees thereof may unite with each other or with others in collectively adopting and operating under a cooperative or unit plan of development or operation of such geothermal resources lands, consistent with the provisions of Section 3756 of this code. 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 cooperative or unit plan, as the commission deems necessary or proper to secure the proper protection of the interests of the state.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1398.)
2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6924.

6924. Where the surface of state-owned lands sought for use or development of geothermal resources or the waters thereon are under the jurisdiction of a state department or agency other than the commission, the commission may issue permits or leases under this article only with the consent of and subject to such reasonable terms and conditions as may be prescribed by that other department or agency to ensure the adequate utilization of the surface of the lands or the waters thereon for the purposes for which they are then being administered or for which they were acquired. The other department or agency shall not prescribe any terms and provisions inconsistent with this article.
Notwithstanding Section 6217, as of June 30th of each year, a sum that is 50 percent of the revenue received by the state for the fiscal year ending on that June 30th, pursuant to leases for the development of geothermal resources on the surface of lands under the jurisdiction of that state department or agency, shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature solely for the programs of that state department or agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1017, Sec. 1.)
2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6925.

6925. A permit or lease under this article may be assigned, transferred, or sublet as provided for in Section 6804 of this code.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1398.)
2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6925.1.

6925.1. Whenever, as determined by the commission, any operation conducted under a geothermal exploration permit, prospecting permit, or lease pursuant to this article constitutes an unreasonable risk to the health, safety, or welfare of any human being or of pollution or contamination caused in any manner or resulting from such operations, the commission shall order an immediate suspension of any drilling and production operations, except those which are corrective, protective, or mitigative. Such operations shall not be resumed until the commission determines that adequate corrective measures have been taken. The commission may delegate the power to order a cessation of operations to its executive officer. Resumption of operations shall only be permitted by the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1139.)
2023 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 5.5 - Geothermal Resources › Section 6925.2.

6925.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commission may, at its discretion, issue a lease to the first qualified applicant for a parcel of less than 640 acres if the geothermal resources to be developed on this parcel are utilized entirely for purposes other than electricity generation. The terms, conditions, rentals, royalties, drilling requirements, and development programs of those leases shall be as determined by the commission. If there is an existing geothermal resources lease or permit for the land, the applicant shall obtain the permission of the lessee or permittee.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 573. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 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 6 - Extraction of Sodium Chloride From Specified Lands › Section 6926.

6926. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the right to extract sodium chloride, contained in any lands belonging to the State, or which may become the property of the State, situate in any of the townships described in Section 6931, which may be necessary or convenient for use in conditioning a public water supply owned, controlled, or operated by any metropolitan water district of the State, may be sold at a reasonable price or royalty, or both, to be fixed by the commission and conveyed to any such metropolitan water district.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 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 6 - Extraction of Sodium Chloride From Specified Lands › Section 6927.

6927. The terms so fixed shall be operative for 20 years from the date of the grant. Upon the expiration of such 20-year period and each succeeding period of 20 years the commission or other duly constituted authority, may prescribe for each ensuing period of 20 years a different royalty rate or rates to be paid as a condition of the continued exercise of the grant.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 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 6 - Extraction of Sodium Chloride From Specified Lands › Section 6928.

6928. The purchaser shall acquire no right to sell any such sodium chloride, but may extract it solely for public use in carrying out the public functions herein specifed.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 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 6 - Extraction of Sodium Chloride From Specified Lands › Section 6929.

6929. Any metropolitan water district may apply to the commission to purchase the right to extract sodium chloride from any such State lands. The application shall describe the lands and the proposed use to be made of the sodium chloride to be extracted therefrom, and shall be accompanied by a map or plat showing the location of the lands.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 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 6 - Extraction of Sodium Chloride From Specified Lands › Section 6930.

6930. If the sale is made, the right to extract from the lands, such sodium chloride as is found by the commission to be necessary or convenient for the purposes herein specified, together with the right to occupy and use so much of the land and to employ such methods as may be necessary or convenient for extracting and processing the sodium chloride, shall be conveyed to the applicant by patent. The patent shall provide for reversion to the State of any rights so patented in the event that any sodium chloride so extracted is sold by the patentee or used for any purpose other than the performance by the patentee of the functions herein specified.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 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 6 - Extraction of Sodium Chloride From Specified Lands › Section 6931.

6931. The provisions of this article shall apply only to lands belonging to the State, or which may become the property of the State, situate in one or more of the following townships, all of which are of the San Bernardino Base and Meridian: T. 5 N., in R. 11 E.; T. 1 N., 4 N. and 5 N., in R. 12 E.; T. 3 N. and 4 N., in R. 13 E.; T. 2 N. and 3 N., in R. 15 E.; and T. 2 N., in R. 17 E.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 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 6 - Extraction of Sodium Chloride From Specified Lands › Section 6932.

6932. Any right granted under this article to extract sodium chloride from State lands shall terminate upon the expiration of 99 years from the date of the issuance of the patent unless sooner terminated as herein otherwise provided.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 4.1 - Leases for Taking Minerals From Waters and Certain Lands › Section 6991.

6991. Leases for taking minerals from the waters of any stream or lake or from any lands withdrawn from sale by Section 6996 shall be issued only as provided by this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 707.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 4.1 - Leases for Taking Minerals From Waters and Certain Lands › Section 6992.

6992. Leases for any such lands and for the privilege of taking minerals from the waters of streams and lakes may be issued by the commission by competitive bidding to the highest responsible bidder, under general regulations adopted by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 981.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 4.1 - Leases for Taking Minerals From Waters and Certain Lands › Section 6993.

6993. The commission may, prior to the receipt of any bid for a lease under this chapter, withdraw any offer to receive bids therefor, and it may reject all bids therefor filed pursuant to invitation of the commission. At any time before the awarding of a lease thereon, all or any portion of a tract proposed to be leased may be withdrawn by the commission and eliminated from the proposal.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1241.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 4.1 - Leases for Taking Minerals From Waters and Certain Lands › Section 6994.

6994. Leases under this article shall be for terms not to exceed 20 years with the preferential right in the lessee to renew the lease for successive periods not to exceed 10 years upon such reasonable terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 705.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 4.1 - Leases for Taking Minerals From Waters and Certain Lands › Section 6995.

6995. The commission shall prescribe such additional terms, covenants and conditions, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, of permits and leases issued under this article as will in its opinion effectually protect the interests of the State.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1241.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 4.1 - Leases for Taking Minerals From Waters and Certain Lands › Section 6996.

6996. All of the lands embraced within the original meander lines of streams and lakes belonging to the State, the waters of which contain minerals in commercial quantities, and all such lands which may hereafter inure to the State by virtue of its sovereignty, excepting such lands as have heretofore been contracted to be sold, are withdrawn from selection and sale.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 707.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7052.

7052. Lands may be leased in tracts of such size and shape as the governing body may determine. Before executing a lease of any such property, the governing body shall in open meeting, by not less than a two-thirds vote of its members, adopt a resolution declaring its intention to lease the property. The resolution shall describe the property proposed to be leased in such manner as to identify it, specify the minimum rental and term for which it will be leased, the form of the lease or agreement, and one variable, biddable factor, on which bids will be received, and fix a time not less than three weeks thereafter and place for a public meeting of said governing body, at which meeting sealed proposals to lease will be received and considered. The resolution shall, before the date of such meeting, be published once a week for three successive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county where the property is situated.
This section shall not apply to the renewal or extension for a fixed term not exceeding the original term of leases or operating agreements initially issued for a fixed term.
The State Lands Commission may in its discretion exempt particular leases or operating agreements from the procedure required by this section and Section 7053 where by reason of the small size of the property or drainage, actual or imminent, such procedure would in the judgment of the State Lands Commission in the particular case be impractical.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1196.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7053.

7053. At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting, all sealed proposals which have been received shall in public session be opened, examined, and recorded by the governing body, and the property may be leased to the highest responsible bidder in the judgment of the governing body. The governing body may, should it deem such action for the best public interest, at any time reject any and all bids and withdraw the property from lease.
(Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 529.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7054.

7054. An order to lease made by the governing body shall authorize and direct the execution and delivery by the chair or other presiding officer of a lease to the lessee.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 213, Sec. 13. (AB 2768) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7054.5.

7054.5. No lease or modification thereof or amendment thereto for the production, extraction, or removal of minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons from tide or submerged lands which have been granted by the State to a public agency in trust wherein the State has not reserved the minerals, shall be effective or shall be delivered to the lessee unless and until it has been approved by the State Lands Commission.
Prior to adopting the resolution provided for by Section 7052, the governing body may petition the State Lands Commission for approval of the form of the resolution.
When any public agency mentioned in Section 7056 has the right to designate drill sites or areas for the production of oil, gas or other hydrocarbons from tide or submerged lands pursuant to leases, operating agreements, other agreements, or modifications or amendments thereof, which are otherwise authorized by law, then such public agencies must first obtain the approval of the State Lands Commission before designating such drill sites or areas. Such designation and approval shall, as far as possible, conform to the legal requirements, policies and regulations applicable to the development of state-owned or controlled tide or submerged lands for the production of oil, gas or other hydrocarbons.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1465.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7055.

7055. Any money accruing from leases under this chapter shall be paid into the general fund of the county or other public or quasi public corporation, body or agency for the use of the county or other public or quasi public corporation, body or agency, as the case may be.
(Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 529.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7056.

7056. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all counties and to such public or quasi-public corporations, bodies and agencies as are not otherwise authorized by law to lease for the production of oil, gas and other hydrocarbons, or for the mining of other minerals, lands owned by such public or quasi-public corporation, body or agency, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such of the following districts as are not otherwise authorized by law to lease land for such purposes, to wit: mosquito abatement districts, pest abatement districts, county sanitation districts, sanitary districts, local health districts, public cemetery districts, fire protection districts, park and recreation districts, placer mining districts, soil conservation districts, harbor and port districts, veterans memorial districts, school districts, airport districts, conservancy districts, flood control districts, drainage districts, irrigation districts, reclamation districts, levee districts, water districts, overflow districts, storm water districts and county power pumping districts; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provisions of law authorizing the execution of such leases, the governing body of any district mentioned in this section may lease lands belonging to such district for the production of oil, gas and other minerals upon complying with the provisions of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 171.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7056.5.

7056.5. The provisions of Sections 7051 to 7056, inclusive, shall apply to operating agreements and all other types of agreements entered into by the agencies mentioned in Section 7056 for the purposes described in Section 7051.
This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the pre-existing law.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 780.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7057.

7057. The property of any city may be leased for the purpose of producing or effecting the production of minerals, oil, gas or other hydrocarbon substances for a period not to exceed 35 years unless such property shall have been dedicated or acquired as a park, highway, street, walk or public playground, in which event such property may be leased for such purposes provided that the use of such property for park, highway, street, walk or public playground purposes shall not be substantially interfered with thereby; provided however, that if in the judgment of the governing body of any such park, highway, street, walk or public playground, drilling for oil or gas would not substantially interfere with the use of such property for park, highway, street, walk or playground purposes, then any such lease on any such property shall provide that drilling for oil or gas beneath the surface of such property shall be done by means of slant drilling from surface locations outside the outer boundaries of any such property, or from designated locations inside the outer boundaries of such property, which inside locations will not interfere substantially with the use of such property for such park, highway, street, walk or playground purposes. Such governing body shall prescribe such terms and conditions in such lease to the end that any drilling and producing operations will interfere as little as is possible with the use of the property for such park, highway, street, walk or playground purposes.
The amendment of this section made at the 1959 Regular Session of the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the preexisting law.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no tide or submerged lands owned or under the jurisdiction of any city shall be leased for the exploration for, drilling for or production of petroleum products within the boundaries of the areas of the County of Los Angeles described in subdivision (a) of Section 6871.2 unless such lands are within one nautical mile of the ordinary high water mark, the applicable conditions of the Public Resources Code and requirements of the State Lands Commission have been met, and the drilling for oil and gas deposits is to be done by means of slant drilling from an upland site.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1438.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7058.

7058. Any city, county, city and county, or district, in the interest of increasing the ultimate recovery of oil or gas, or of the protection of oil or gas from unreasonable waste, or of the possible arresting or amelioration of land subsidence, may enter into unit or co-operative agreements with respect to all or any part or parts of land owned, possessed, controlled, held in trust by, or otherwise under the jurisdiction of, such city, county, city and county or district, for the purpose of bringing about the co-operative development and operation of all or a part or parts of the oil and gas field in which such lands are located, or for the purpose of bringing about the development or operation of all or a part or parts of such field as a unit, or for the purpose of fixing the time, location, and manner of drilling and operating of wells for the production of oil or gas, or providing for the return or injection of gas, water or other substances into the subsurface of the earth for the purpose of storage or the repressuring of such oil or gas field. If any such unit or co-operative agreement includes tide and submerged lands which have been granted to a city, county, or city and county by a grant which does not reserve to the State the right to produce oil and gas therefrom, then the agreement shall comply with the requirements of Section 6879 of this code, and shall bind the State only if approved by the State Lands Commission pursuant to the provisions of Section 6879. Subject to the foregoing, and notwithstanding any competitive bidding requirements or restrictions on term contained in this chapter, or any other statute, including but not limited to Section 718 of the Civil Code, Sections 37383 and 37384 of the Government Code and Chapter 29 of the 1956 Statutes, First Extraordinary Session, any such city, county, city and county, or district may negotiate and execute all agreements necessary to effectuate, implement or modify any such unit or co-operative agreement, including the power to bind and commit lands, including tide and submerged lands, or any interest in lands, to the co-operative 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, and irrespective of the termination date of any lease, contract or other agreement then in effect as to such lands. The power of any such city, county, city and county, or district to enter into unit or co-operative agreements shall include the power to do such other acts or things and to incur such other commitments and obligations as are customary in unit or co-operative agreements.
This section shall apply to any city, county, city and county, or district, irrespective of whether they are authorized by this chapter or any other statute to lease or develop lands for the production of oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon substances.
(Added by Stats. 1958, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 36.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7058.5.

7058.5. Before a lease or any operating agreement or other type of agreement for the production of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons is entered into after the effective date of this section, the governing body of a city shall in open meeting adopt a resolution declaring its intention to take such action. The resolution shall describe the property involved in such manner as to identify it, specify the minimum rental, royalty, or other consideration, and the term of the lease or agreement, the form of the lease or agreement, and one variable, biddable factor, on which bids will be received, and fix a time not less than 30 days thereafter and place for a public meeting of said governing body, at which meeting sealed proposals to lease or contract will be received and considered. The resolution shall, before the date of such meeting, be published once a week for four successive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the city where the property is situated, or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in such city, in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county where the property is situated.
This section shall not apply to the renewal of leases or operating agreements issued for a fixed term; provided, that such renewals shall be subject to State Lands Commission approval as provided in Section 7060.
As used in this section, governing body of a city means the city council, or other city board or agency having jurisdiction by charter or law over the property involved.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1457.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7059.

7059. At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting, all sealed proposals which have been received shall in public session be opened, examined, and recorded by the governing body of the city, and the property shall be leased to, or the agreement shall be made and entered into with, the highest responsible bidder in the judgment of the governing body. The governing body may, however, should it deem such action for the best public interest, at any time reject any and all bids and withdraw the property from lease or contract.
As used in this section, governing body of a city means the city council, or other city board or agency having jurisdiction by charter or law over the property involved.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1457.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7060.

7060. (a) No such lease or agreement shall be effective unless prior to adopting the resolution provided for by Section 7058.5 the city shall have petitioned the State Lands Commission for approval of the proposed resolution, and the proposed resolution shall have been approved by the State Lands Commission.
(b) No city shall consent to the modification or amendment of any such lease or agreement without the advance consent of the State Lands Commission to such modification or amendment.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1457.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7061.

7061. The provisions of Sections 7058.5 to 7059, inclusive, shall be applicable to all general-law cities and shall be applicable to general-law and chartered cities with respect to tide or submerged lands granted in trust to such cities by the State where mineral rights have not been reserved to the State. Section 7060 shall be applicable to both general-law and chartered cities only with respect to tide or submerged lands granted in trust to such cities by the State, where mineral rights have not been reserved to the State. The provisions of Sections 7058.5 to 7060, inclusive, shall not apply to activities regulated by Chapter 29 of the Statutes of the 1956 First Extraordinary Session.
The State Lands Commission may in its discretion exempt particular leases or operating agreements from the procedure required by Sections 7058.5 and 7059 where by reason of the small size of the property or drainage, actual or imminent, such procedure would in the judgment of the State Lands Commission in the particular case be impractical.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1196.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7061.1.

7061.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7058, no city, county, city and county, or district may enter into a unit or cooperative agreement pursuant to that section under which exploration for, drilling for, or production of petroleum products is proposed with respect to any part or parts of an oil and gas field located in tide or submerged lands which are within the boundaries of the areas of the county of Los Angeles described in subdivision (a) of Section 6871.2 unless such lands are within one nautical mile of the ordinary high water mark, the applicable conditions of the Public Resources Code and requirements of the State Lands Commission have been met, and the drilling for oil and gas deposits is to be done by means of slant drilling from an upland site.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1438.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies › Section 7062.

7062. (a) On or before October 1st of each year, each city shall cause to be made and filed with the State Lands Commission a detailed statement of all revenue and expenditures thereof from any operating agreement or other type of lease or agreement for the production of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons, including obligations incurred but not yet paid. Said statement shall cover the fiscal year preceding its submission and shall show the project or operation for which each such expenditure or obligation is made or incurred.
(b) In addition to the other powers and duties specifically delegated to it, the State Lands Commission shall have authority to examine financial and operating records of any city relating to the production and sale of oil, gas, and other hydrocarbons under any operating agreement or other type of lease or agreement for the production of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons and to conduct such other investigations and studies as it may deem necessary in connection therewith.
The provisions of this section shall be applicable only with respect to tide or submerged lands granted in trust to cities by the State. The provisions of this section shall not apply to activities regulated by Chapter 29 of the Statutes of the 1956 First Extraordinary Session.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1464.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 6 - Leases for Offshore Wind Energy Projects › Section 7100.

7100. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6217, the commission shall deposit revenue generated from an offshore wind energy project lease in the Offshore Wind Energy Resiliency Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (c) of Section 30616.
(b) The commission or a local trustee of granted public trust lands, when issuing a lease for purposes of an offshore wind energy project, shall consider including within the lease reasonable compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to fishing and tribal interests pursuant to Section 30616. In considering the inclusion of reasonable compensatory mitigation, the commission or a local trustee of granted public trust lands shall consider the recommendations for reasonable compensatory mitigation made by the California Offshore Wind Energy Fisheries Working Group established pursuant to Section 30616, including the working group’s recommendations for a payment structure to reasonably compensate commercial, tribal, and recreational fisheries and impacted commercial fish processors for unavoidable impacts associated with offshore wind energy projects.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 386, Sec. 1. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - School Lands and Indemnity Lands › ARTICLE 1 - Sale of School Lands › Section 7301.

7301. The commission may, in the best interest of the state, sell school lands. The commission may pay from the School Land Bank Fund, created pursuant to Section 8711, the typical costs and expenses attributable to a sale of school lands, such as escrow or other third-party costs, when it is in the best interest of the state to do so.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 311, Sec. 4. (SB 1472) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - School Lands and Indemnity Lands › ARTICLE 1 - Sale of School Lands › Section 7303.

7303. The commission may, in the best interest of the state, exchange any public lands for lands of the United States of equal area or equal value, and the lands acquired in the exchange may then be sold in the manner and for cash as provided by this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 622, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - School Lands and Indemnity Lands › ARTICLE 1 - Sale of School Lands › Section 7303.5.

7303.5. Whenever the commission finds that it is in the best interests of the state for the acquisition of open space or for the purposes of consolidating, assembling, or managing parcels of land for the purposes authorized by this division, the commission may exchange school lands under its jurisdiction for lands owned by any state agency, political subdivision, or person, partnership, company, or corporation, or by the United States or any federal agency; provided, that the lands acquired pursuant to such exchange have equal or greater value than the lands conveyed.
Such acquired lands shall have the same status as to administration, control, and disposition as the lands conveyed.
The state may release the mineral rights in the lands conveyed, as provided in Section 6401, if it receives the mineral rights in the lands acquired.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 908, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - School Lands and Indemnity Lands › ARTICLE 1 - Sale of School Lands › Section 7305.

7305. 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.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - School Lands and Indemnity Lands › ARTICLE 1 - Sale of School Lands › Section 7306.

7306. 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.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - School Lands and Indemnity Lands › ARTICLE 2 - Indemnity Land Selections › Section 7400.

7400. The Legislature finds and declares that, as of January 1, 2020, the commission has acquired roughly 81,643 acres of indemnity school lands and is owed roughly 51,000 additional acres of indemnity school lands.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 311, Sec. 7. (SB 1472) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - School Lands and Indemnity Lands › ARTICLE 2 - Indemnity Land Selections › Section 7401.

7401. The commission shall ascertain from time to time the number of acres of land to which the state is entitled as indemnity and shall keep on file a statement showing of what those bases consist.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 311, Sec. 7. (SB 1472) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - School Lands and Indemnity Lands › ARTICLE 2 - Indemnity Land Selections › Section 7402.

7402. Whenever the commission determines it to be in the best interest of the state, the commission may select lands of the United States equal in area to the number of acres or as otherwise provided under federal law to which the state is entitled as indemnity for any losses sustained by the state to its school land grants.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 311, Sec. 7. (SB 1472) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - School Lands and Indemnity Lands › ARTICLE 2 - Indemnity Land Selections › Section 7403.

7403. The commission is the general agent of the state for the selection of indemnity lands in lieu of the losses sustained by the state to its school land grants.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 311, Sec. 7. (SB 1472) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - School Lands and Indemnity Lands › ARTICLE 2 - Indemnity Land Selections › Section 7404.

7404. The commission may accept the benefits of the act of Congress approved July 17, 1914, enacted as Section 121 of Title 30 of the United States Code.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 311, Sec. 7. (SB 1472) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS › PART 3 - SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS › CHAPTER 2 - Sale of Swamp and Overflowed Lands › ARTICLE 1 - Swamp and Overflowed Lands Subsequent to September 9, 939 › Section 7501.

7501. Swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the state may be sold by the commission under rules and regulations prescribed by it and at a price fixed by it, payment to be made in cash to the commission. This section shall not affect the sale of swamp and overflowed lands under any application filed with the commission prior to September 19, 1939.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 981.)