Bill Text: CA SB1304 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1304

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Bill Title: Underground injection control: aquifer exemption.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-09-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 467, Statutes of 2024. [SB1304 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1304

Introduced by Senator Limón

February 15, 2024

An act to amend Section 3200 of the Public Resources Code, relating to oil and gas.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1304, as introduced, Limón. Oil and gas: wells and production facilities: designated agent.

Existing law requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of wells and the operation, maintenance, and removal or abandonment of tanks and facilities attendant to oil and gas production, as provided. Existing law also requires an owner or operator of a well or production facility to, among other things, designate an agent, as specified, to receive and accept service of all orders, notices, and processes of the supervisor or a court of law, and further requires every person appointing an agent to notify the supervisor, as specified, of the termination of the agency, and, unless operations are discontinued, to appoint a new agent.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the latter provision.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 3200 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

3200.

An owner or operator of a well or production facility shall designate an agent, giving ~~his or her~~ the agent’s address, who resides in this state, to receive and accept service of all orders, notices, and processes of the supervisor or a court of law. Every person so appointing an agent shall, within five days after the termination of the agency, notify the supervisor, in writing, of the termination, ~~and~~ and, unless operations are discontinued, shall also appoint a new agent.