Bill Text: CA SB248 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Oil and gas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Assembly without further action. [SB248 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB248-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 248	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2015

   An act to amend Section 3213 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to oil and gas.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 248, as introduced, Pavley. Oil and gas: well history.
   Existing law requires the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal
Resources in the Department of Conservation to regulate the drilling,
operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells used for the
purpose of producing oil and gas. Existing law requires an owner or
operator of a well to keep, or cause to be kept, and requires the
operator to file with the district deputy at specified times, a
careful and accurate log, core record, and history of the drilling of
the well. Existing law requires the well history to show the
location and amount of sidetracked casings, tools, or other material,
the depth and quantity of cement in cement plugs, the shots of
dynamite or other explosives, acid treatment data, the results of
production and other tests during drilling operations, and all data
on well stimulation treatments. Existing law provides that a person
who fails to comply with specific laws relating to the regulation of
oil or gas operations, including failing to furnish a report or
record, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   This bill would, in addition, require all operations on or in the
well of any form to be systematically, completely, and accurately
described and recorded in the well history. Because a violation of
this requirement would be a crime, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 3213 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   3213.  The history shall show the location and amount of
sidetracked casings, tools, or other material, the depth and quantity
of cement in cement plugs, the shots of dynamite or other
explosives,  all  acid treatment  data, 
 data of any amount and concentration,  and the results of
production and other tests during drilling operations.  All
operations on or in the well of any form, including, but not limited
to, the injection or emplacement of any material in the well for any
purpose   during the drilling, operation, maintenance, or
abandonment of the well shall be systematically, completely, and
accurately described and recorded in the history.  All data on
well stimulation treatments pursuant to Section 3160 shall be
recorded in the history.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.