ARTICLE 4. Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes
Article 4 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 548.
§§ 6870–6880 · 19 sections
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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,…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 6873 When leasing tide or submerged lands or beds of navigable rivers or lakes, the commission shall prepare a form of lease which shall contain, in addition to…
- § 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…
- § 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)),…
- § 6873.5 (a) In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 6873 and the California Environmental Quality Act, the commission shall, prior to the…
- § 6874 Each bid shall be accompanied by information giving a description of the location or locations, structure or structures, from which the bidder proposes to…
- § 6875 If the Legislature has transferred to any city or county the administration of the trust, whether or not limited, under which tide or submerged lands or beds…
- § 6876 Should it appear to the commission that any person, association of persons, or corporation, has drilled, or is making preparation to drill, wells upon or into…
- § 6877 All the beds of navigable rivers and lakes belonging to the State may be leased pursuant to Section 6871.3 of this code for the production of oil and gas,…
- § 6878 Nothing in this chapter limits the effect of any grant of tide or submerged lands made prior to June 11, 1938, to any city, county or other political…
- § 6879 Whenever tide and submerged lands of the State have been granted to a city, county or city and county by a grant which does not reserve to the State the right…
- § 6880 (a) Contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for this purpose, the commission shall develop, on or before December 31, 2024, a cost study…