BILL NUMBER: AB 1467	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bass

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 3401 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to natural resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1467, as introduced, Bass. Natural resources: oil and gas
operations: charge on production.
   Existing law imposes an annual charge upon each person operating
or owning an interest in an oil or gas well in respect to the
production of the well which charge is payable to the State
Treasurer. Existing law provides that these charges shall be used
exclusively for the support and maintenance of the Division of Oil,
Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 3401 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   3401.  The proceeds of  charges   a charge
 levied, assessed, and collected pursuant to this article upon
the  properties   property  of 
every   a person operating or owning an interest in
the production of  any   a  well shall be
used exclusively for the support and maintenance of the division of
the department charged with the supervision of oil and gas
operations.