Bill Text: CA AB1057 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Oil and gas: Geologic Energy Management Division: wells and facilities: disposition and acquisition notices: indemnity bonds and remediation: additional security: civil penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 771, Statutes of 2019. [AB1057 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1057-Amended.html
Amended
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Senate
September 06, 2019 |
Amended
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Senate
June 28, 2019 |
Amended
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Assembly
May 20, 2019 |
Amended
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Assembly
April 22, 2019 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Limón (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Friedman) (Principal (Coauthor: Senator Wiener) |
February 21, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 848 of the Civil Code is amended to read:848.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the owner of mineral rights, as defined by Section 883.110, in real property shall give a written notice prior to the first entry to the owner of the real property who is listed as the assessee on the current local assessment roll or to the owner’s representative, or to the lessee of the real property if different from the mineral rights owner, and to any public utility that has a recorded interest in the real property if there is to be excavation of the utility interest, under the following circumstances:SEC. 2.
Section 8589.7 of the Government Code is amended to read:8589.7.
(a) In carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8574.17, the Office of Emergency Services shall serve as the central point in state government for the emergency reporting of spills, unauthorized releases, or other accidental releases of hazardous materials and shall coordinate the notification of the appropriate state and local administering agencies that may be required to respond to those spills, unauthorized releases, or other accidental releases. The Office of Emergency Services is the only state entity required to make the notification required by subdivision (b).SEC. 3.
Section 8670.55 of the Government Code is amended to read:8670.55.
(a) The committee shall provide recommendations to the administrator, the State Lands Commission, the California Coastal Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, theSEC. 4.
Section 42710 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:42710.
(a) The state board, in consultation with any local air district and the Geologic Energy Management DivisionSEC. 5.
Section 101042 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:101042.
(a) If the local health officer orSEC. 6.
Section 607 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:607.
The work of the department shall be divided into at least the following:(b)Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources.
SEC. 7.
Section 690 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:690.
The Geologic Energy Management DivisionSEC. 8.
Section 3002 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:3002.
“Division,” in reference to the government of this state, means the Geologic Energy Management DivisionSEC. 9.
Section 3011 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:3011.
(a) The purposes of this division include protecting public health and safety and environmental quality, including reduction and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the development of hydrocarbon and geothermal resources in a manner that meets the energy needs of the state.SEC. 10.
Section 3114 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:3114.
(a) By July 30, 2019, and annually thereafter, the Department of Conservation, in consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board, shall report to the fiscal and relevant policy committees of the Legislature on the Underground Injection Control Program. The report shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following about activities in the previous 12 months:SECTION 1.SEC. 11.
Section 3201 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:3201.
(a) The operator of a well or production facility shall notify the supervisor or the district deputy, in writing, in the form that the supervisor or the district deputy may direct, of the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition of the well or production facility by the operator of the well or production facility as soon as is reasonably possible, but in no event later than the date that the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition becomes final. The operator shall not be relieved of responsibility for the well or production facility until the supervisor or the district deputy acknowledges the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition, in writing, and the person acquiring the well or production facility is in compliance with Section 3202. The operator’s notice shall contain all of the following information:(b)The supervisor may also request additional information from the operator about the disposition, including any of the following:
(1)All current lease agreements for the specified wells or production facilities.
(2)Evidence of the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition of the well or production facility.
SEC. 2.SEC. 12.
Section 3202 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:3202.
(a) A person who acquires the right to operate a well or production facility, whether by purchase, transfer, assignment, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition, shall, as soon as it is reasonably possible, but not later than the date when the acquisition of the well or production facility becomes final, notify the supervisor or the district deputy, in writing, of the person’s operation. The acquisition of a well or production facility shall not be recognized as complete by the supervisor or the district deputy until the new operator provides all of the following material:(b)The supervisor may also request additional information from the new operator about the person’s operation,
including any of the following:
(1)All current lease agreements for the specified wells or production facilities.
(2)Evidence of the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, exchange, or other disposition of the well or production facility.
SEC. 3.SEC. 13.
Section 3205.3 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:3205.3.
(a) The division may require an operator filing an individual indemnity bond pursuant to Section 3204 or a blanket indemnity bond pursuant to Section 3205, as applicable, to provide an additional amount of security acceptable to the division(5)
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