BILL NUMBER: SB 905	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Harman

                        JANUARY 27, 2010

   An act to amend Section 3350 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to oil and gas.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 905, as introduced, Harman. Oil and gas: conservation.
   Under existing law, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal
Resources in the Department of Conservation regulates the operation
of oil and gas wells in specified districts of the state. Existing
law establishes a time for a lessor, lessee, operator, or owner of a
well, or owner of a rig, derrick, or other operating structure to
appeal from an order of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor or a
district deputy regarding the operation of a well.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in 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 3350 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
   3350.   (a)    The lessor, lessee,  or
any  operator  or any well   , or 
owner  of a well  , or the owner of  any 
 a  rig, derrick, or other operating structure, or his 
or her  local agent, shall within 10 days from the date of the
service of  any   an  order from the
supervisor or a district deputy, other than the order contemplated by
Section 3308, either comply with the order or file with the
supervisor or the district deputy a written statement that the order
is not acceptable, and that  an  appeal from the order is
taken to the director under the provisions of this chapter. 
   Any 
    (b)     A  lessor, lessee, or operator
affected by an order made pursuant to Section 3308 may, within 10
days from the posting of the copy of the order, file with the
supervisor a written appeal  therefrom   from
the order  to the director under the provisions of this chapter.

   Any such 
    (c)     An  appeal shall operate as a
stay of  any   an  order issued pursuant to
this chapter.