BILL NUMBER: SB 550	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 16, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 2, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 21, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 17, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 9, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 20, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Florez
   (Coauthor: Senator Romero)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 3205.7 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to natural resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 550, as amended, Florez. Natural resources: oil and gas:
drilling.
   Existing law regulates oil and gas activities.
   This bill would, commencing January 1, 2012, require the operator
of an oil and gas well  , within 10 days of execution, to
provide to the owner of surface rights written disclosure of any
lease or agreement to drill, operate, maintain, or control a well
between the operator and the owner of subsurface or mineral rights
  to provide to the surface owner a 10-day written
notice of the intent to enter the surface owner's property for the
purpose of the extraction of underlying oil, gas, or minerals. The
operator would also be required to provide to the surface owner a
copy of the applicable recorded short form or memorandum of oil, gas,
or minerals lease within 10 days prior to entering the property
 .
   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 3205.7 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read: 
   3205.7.  (a) An operator shall provide to the owner of surface
rights written disclosure of any lease or agreement to drill,
operate, maintain, or control a well between the operator and the
owner of subsurface or mineral rights within 10 days of the execution
of the lease or agreement.
   (b) This section shall be inoperative until January 1, 2012, and
on that date shall become operative. 
    3205.7.  (a) An operator shall provide to the surface
owner a 10-day written notice of the intent to enter the surface
owner's property for the purpose of the extraction of underlying oil,
gas, or minerals. If all surface owners cannot be located or
determined, the operator shall provide notice by publication. In
addition the operator shall provide to the surface owner a copy of
the applicable recorded short form or memorandum of oil, gas, or
mineral lease within 10 days prior to entering the surface owner's
property for the purpose of the extraction of underlying oil, gas, or
minerals.
   (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2012.