SB 1096,
as amended, Jackson. begin deleteCalifornia Coastal Commission: appointments. end deletebegin insertCoastal sanctuary: State Lands Commission: oil and gas leases.end insert
The California Coastal Sanctuary Act of 1994 authorizes the State Lands Commission to enter into a lease for the extraction of oil or gas from state-owned tide and submerged lands in the California Coastal Sanctuary if the commission determines that the oil or gas deposits are being drained by means of producing wells upon adjacent federal lands and the lease is in the best interest of the state.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would delete this authorization.
end insertThe California Coastal Act of 1976 establishes the California Coastal Commission, and prescribes the membership and functions and duties of the commission. The act provides that the appointment, as a public member, to the commission of any person who is not a locally elected official is not precluded by the act or any other law, including any doctrine of common law.
end deleteThis bill would repeal that provision.
end deleteVote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 6244 of the end insertbegin insertPublic Resources Codeend insertbegin insert is
2repealed.end insert
The commission may enter into any lease for the
4extraction of oil or gas from state-owned tide and submerged lands
5in the California Coastal Sanctuary if the commission determines
6that those oil or gas deposits are being drained by means of
7producing wells upon adjacent federal lands and the lease is in the
8best interests of the state.
Section 30310.5 of the Public Resources Code
10 is repealed.
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