Pub. Resources Code, § 3261 · Article 4.3. Oil and Gas Environmental Remediation Account
Pub. Resources Code, § 3261
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, including the expenditure limitations of Section 3258, the division shall administer and manage the Oil and Gas Environmental Remediation Account, which is hereby established in the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund.
(b) Moneys in the account shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to plug and abandon oil and gas wells, decommission attendant facilities, or otherwise remediate sites that the supervisor determines could pose a danger to life, health, water quality, wildlife, or natural resources if there is no operator determined by the supervisor to be responsible for remediation pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 3237 or who is able to respond.
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History
Repealed and added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 274, Sec. 3. (AB 2756) Effective January 1, 2017.
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