CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions [46001. - 46029.]
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 300, Sec. 6.
§§ 46001–46029 · 24 sections
- § 46001 This part shall be known and may be cited as the Oil Spill Response, Prevention, and Administration Fees Law.
- § 46001.5 (a) The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration may adopt regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this part pursuant to the…
- § 46002 The collection and administration of the fees referred to in Sections 46051 and 46052 shall be governed by the definitions contained in Chapter 7.4 (commencing…
- § 46003 Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
- § 46004 The provisions of this part, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing provisions of law relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed…
- § 46005 Any action or proceeding commenced before this part takes effect, or any right accrued, is not affected by this part, but all procedures taken shall conform to…
- § 46006 “Administrator” means the person appointed by the Governor pursuant to Section 8670.4 of the Government Code to implement the Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill…
- § 46007 “Barge” means a vessel carrying oil, petroleum products, or renewable fuel in commercial quantities as cargo but are not equipped with a means of…
- § 46008 “Barrel” means 42 gallons of crude oil, petroleum products, or renewable fuel.
- § 46009 “Board” or “department” means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
- § 46010 “Crude oil” means petroleum in an unrefined or natural state, including condensate and natural gasoline, and including substances that enhance, cut, thin, or…
- § 46011 (a) “Facility” means any of the following located in state waters or located where an oil spill may impact state waters: (1) A building, structure,…
- § 46012 “Designated amount” means an amount equal to one hundred nine million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($109,750,000), subject to the following: (a)…
- § 46013 “Feepayer” means any person liable for the payment of a fee imposed by either Section 8670.40 or 8670.48 of the Government Code.
- § 46017 “Marine terminal” means any facility used for transferring crude oil, petroleum products, or renewable fuel to or from tankers or barges. For purposes of this…
- § 46020 “Person” means any individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, or corporation, including, but not limited to, a government corporation, partnership, limited…
- § 46021 “Petroleum products” means any liquid hydrocarbon at atmospheric temperature and pressure that is the product of the fractionation, distillation, or other…
- § 46022 “Pipeline” means any pipeline used at any time to transport crude oil or petroleum products.
- § 46023 “Refinery” means a facility that refines crude oil, including condensate and natural gasoline, into petroleum products, lubricating oils, coke, or asphalt, and…
- § 46024 (a) “Renewable fuel” means any liquid produced from nonpetroleum renewable resources that is used or useable as a fuel, or such liquid that may be blended with…
- § 46025 “Ship,” “shipment,” or “shipped” means any physical transfer of renewable fuel from a renewable fuel production facility. However, renewable fuel is not…
- § 46027 “State waters” or “waters of the state” means any surface water, including saline waters, marine waters, and freshwaters, within the boundaries of the state…
- § 46028 “Tanker” means a self-propelled waterborne vessel, constructed or adapted for the carriage of oil in bulk or in commercial quantities as cargo.
- § 46029 “Vessel” means a tanker or barge as defined in this chapter.