California Code
DIVISION 6 - PUBLIC LANDS
PART 2 - LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 1 - General Leasing Law

Section 6501. - 6501. As used in this chapter, “lease” includes a permit,...

Section 6501.1. - 6501.1. Lands owned by the state and which are under...

Section 6501.2. - 6501.2. The commission shall prepare forms of leases for use...

Section 6501.3. - 6501.3. Any interests in lands, or lands in fee simple,...

Section 6502. - 6502. Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to lease any...

Section 6503. - 6503. Upon receipt of an application to lease lands under...

Section 6503.5. - 6503.5. (a) Consistent with Section 6503, the commission shall charge...

Section 6504. - 6504. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Event” means...

Section 6505.5. - 6505.5. No grazing or recreational lease shall be for a...

Section 6506. - 6506. Possession under any lease authorized by this chapter shall...

Section 6507. - 6507. Any error in the description of any lease may,...

Section 6508. - 6508. Any lease for sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections or any...

Section 6509. - 6509. If a lease is terminated by reason of the...

CHAPTER 2 - Development and Improvement of Granted Tide and Submerged Lands

Section 6701. - 6701. Subject to the provisions of Section 6702, no amendment,...

Section 6702. - 6702. (a) The provisions of Section 6701 shall not apply...

Section 6703. - 6703. Whenever a lease, contract, or other instrument is submitted...

Section 6704. - 6704. Failure of the State Lands Commission to issue to...

Section 6705. - 6705. This chapter shall not be construed to affect the...

Section 6706. - 6706. If on the effective date of any revocation of...

Section 6707. - 6707. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that to promote...

CHAPTER 3 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases

ARTICLE 1 - Provisions Relating to All State Lands

Section 6801. - 6801. A lease or prospecting permit under this chapter shall...

Section 6802. - 6802. Any interest held in violation of this chapter shall...

Section 6803. - 6803. The commission, in issuing any lease under this chapter,...

Section 6804. - 6804. (a) A lease or permit issued under this chapter...

Section 6804.1. - 6804.1. Notwithstanding any provisions of this code to the contrary,...

Section 6805. - 6805. The commission shall reserve and may exercise the authority...

Section 6806. - 6806. Any permit or lease under this chapter shall reserve...

Section 6807. - 6807. The commission, in the name of the State, may...

Section 6808. - 6808. The commission, if it deems such action for the...

Section 6809. - 6809. Any interests in lands, or lands in fee simple,...

Section 6810. - 6810. The provisions of this chapter authorizing the commission to...

Section 6811. - 6811. The commission may, prior to the receipt of any...

Section 6812. - 6812. Whenever by the terms of this chapter the commission...

Section 6813. - 6813. For the purpose of this chapter, the commission may...

Section 6814. - 6814. The commission, in the name of the people of...

Section 6815. - 6815. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 6815.1. - 6815.1. Whenever the commission exercises a right to take oil,...

Section 6815.2. - 6815.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6815.1, the commission may take any...

Section 6817. - 6817. (a) The Controller shall annually as of June 30...

Section 6818. - 6818. All applications made to the commission pursuant to this...

Section 6819. - 6819. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to require...

ARTICLE 2 - Provisions Relating to Oil and Gas Leases Generally

Section 6826. - 6826. (a) The commission may permit geological or geophysical surveys...

Section 6826.1. - 6826.1. The State Lands Commission shall not permit the taking...

Section 6827. - 6827. Leases for the extraction and removal of oil and...

Section 6827.1. - 6827.1. Nothing contained in this chapter or any other law...

Section 6827.2. - 6827.2. In order to prevent the premature abandonment of a...

Section 6827.5. - 6827.5. (a) Notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 6851), Article...

Section 6828. - 6828. All leases of lands containing oil or gas made...

Section 6829. - 6829. Every oil and gas lease executed under this chapter,...

Section 6829.1. - 6829.1. Every oil and gas lease, including leases of tide...

Section 6829.2. - 6829.2. The commission, in the interest of increasing the ultimate...

Section 6829.3. - 6829.3. (a) The commission shall seek additional infrastructure bonding or...

Section 6829.4. - 6829.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 6830. - 6830. All oil and gas leases issued by the commission...

Section 6830.1. - 6830.1. It is hereby found and determined by the Legislature...

Section 6830.2. - 6830.2. Whenever the holder of an oil and gas lease...

Section 6830.3. - 6830.3. In satisfaction of the requirements of subdivisions (a) and...

Section 6831. - 6831. Rights of way through all State lands may be...

Section 6832. - 6832. For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural...

Section 6833. - 6833. The commission, upon such conditions as the commission shall...

Section 6834. - 6834. Whenever the commission determines that lands shall be leased...

Section 6835. - 6835. Each bid (which shall be in the form of...

Section 6836. - 6836. At the time and place specified in the notice,...

ARTICLE 3 - Oil and Gas Leases on Lands Other Than Tide and Submerged Lands

Section 6851. - 6851. Lands owned by the State, or lands in which...

Section 6852. - 6852. Whenever it appears to the commission that it is...

Section 6853. - 6853. The commission may divide the lands within the tract...

Section 6854. - 6854. Lands, including the Tule Elk State Reserve located in...

Section 6855. - 6855. The proceeds of any lease for the extraction of...

ARTICLE 4 - Oil and Gas Leases on Tide and Submerged Lands and Beds of Navigable Rivers and Lakes

Section 6870. - 6870. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 6871. - 6871. Tide and submerged lands and beds of navigable rivers...

Section 6871.3. - 6871.3. Whenever it appears to the commission that it is...

Section 6871.4. - 6871.4. The commission may divide the lands within the area...

Section 6872. - 6872. (a) If an application for oil and gas development...

Section 6872.1. - 6872.1. Whenever it appears to the commission that oil and...

Section 6872.2. - 6872.2. If the commission determines that any tide and submerged...

Section 6872.5. - 6872.5. The commission may adjust the boundaries of existing leases...

Section 6873. - 6873. When leasing tide or submerged lands or beds of...

Section 6873.1. - 6873.1. Filled lands shall include, but not be limited to,...

Section 6873.2. - 6873.2. In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b) of...

Section 6873.5. - 6873.5. (a) In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (b)...

Section 6874. - 6874. Each bid shall be accompanied by information giving a...

Section 6875. - 6875. If the Legislature has transferred to any city or...

Section 6876. - 6876. Should it appear to the commission that any person,...

Section 6877. - 6877. All the beds of navigable rivers and lakes belonging...

Section 6878. - 6878. Nothing in this chapter limits the effect of any...

Section 6879. - 6879. Whenever tide and submerged lands of the State have...

Section 6880. - 6880. (a) Contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the...

ARTICLE 5 - Minerals Other Than Oil and Gas

Section 6890. - 6890. (a) Prospecting permits and leases for the extraction and...

Section 6890.5. - 6890.5. Notwithstanding any other law, when lands, other than tide...

Section 6891. - 6891. The commission may issue a prospecting permit, under such...

Section 6892. - 6892. If the applicant erects upon the land for which...

Section 6894. - 6894. The applicant shall, within 90 days after receiving a...

Section 6895. - 6895. Upon establishing to the satisfaction of the commission that...

Section 6896. - 6896. Until the permittee applies for a lease as to...

Section 6897. - 6897. (a) All deposits of minerals, other than oil, gas,...

Section 6898. - 6898. Leases under this article shall be for terms not...

Section 6898.5. - 6898.5. Notwithstanding Section 6898, any lease in effect on July...

Section 6899. - 6899. The commission shall prescribe such additional terms, covenants and...

Section 6900. - 6900. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6890, the commission or a local...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Geothermal Resources

Section 6901. - 6901. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 6902. - 6902. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that development of...

Section 6903. - 6903. For the purposes of this chapter, “geothermal resources” shall...

Section 6904. - 6904. Permits and leases for exploration and development of geothermal...

Section 6905. - 6905. Permits and leases may be issued pursuant to this...

Section 6906. - 6906. Administration of this article shall be under the principle...

Section 6907. - 6907. Where it is determined by the commission that the...

Section 6909. - 6909. The commission may grant nonexclusive geological or geophysical exploration...

Section 6910. - 6910. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 6906, the...

Section 6911. - 6911. (a) Lands may be selected for lease by the...

Section 6912. - 6912. (a) In case of an application for a permit...

Section 6913. - 6913. Each prospecting permit and lease issued under this article...

Section 6914. - 6914. The holder of any geothermal resources permit or lease...

Section 6915. - 6915. Subject to the other provisions of this article, the...

Section 6916. - 6916. (a) The commission may issue leases for direct heat...

Section 6917. - 6917. A permit or lease may be terminated by the...

Section 6918. - 6918. Leases under this article shall be for a primary...

Section 6919. - 6919. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 6920. - 6920. Any person engaged in the production of geothermal resources...

Section 6921. - 6921. A permittee or lessee may, upon the approval of...

Section 6922. - 6922. No prospecting permit or lease shall be made for...

Section 6923. - 6923. For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural...

Section 6924. - 6924. Where the surface of state-owned lands sought for use...

Section 6925. - 6925. A permit or lease under this article may be...

Section 6925.1. - 6925.1. Whenever, as determined by the commission, any operation conducted...

Section 6925.2. - 6925.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commission...

ARTICLE 6 - Extraction of Sodium Chloride From Specified Lands

Section 6926. - 6926. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the right...

Section 6927. - 6927. The terms so fixed shall be operative for 20...

Section 6928. - 6928. The purchaser shall acquire no right to sell any...

Section 6929. - 6929. Any metropolitan water district may apply to the commission...

Section 6930. - 6930. If the sale is made, the right to extract...

Section 6931. - 6931. The provisions of this article shall apply only to...

Section 6932. - 6932. Any right granted under this article to extract sodium...

CHAPTER 4.1 - Leases for Taking Minerals From Waters and Certain Lands

Section 6991. - 6991. Leases for taking minerals from the waters of any...

Section 6992. - 6992. Leases for any such lands and for the privilege...

Section 6993. - 6993. The commission may, prior to the receipt of any...

Section 6994. - 6994. Leases under this article shall be for terms not...

Section 6995. - 6995. The commission shall prescribe such additional terms, covenants and...

Section 6996. - 6996. All of the lands embraced within the original meander...

CHAPTER 5 - Oil and Gas and Mineral Leases by Public Agencies

Section 7051. - 7051. (a) The board of supervisors, boards of trustees, directors...

Section 7052. - 7052. Lands may be leased in tracts of such size...

Section 7053. - 7053. At the time and place fixed in the resolution...

Section 7054. - 7054. An order to lease made by the governing body...

Section 7054.5. - 7054.5. No lease or modification thereof or amendment thereto for...

Section 7055. - 7055. Any money accruing from leases under this chapter shall...

Section 7056. - 7056. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all...

Section 7056.5. - 7056.5. The provisions of Sections 7051 to 7056, inclusive, shall...

Section 7057. - 7057. The property of any city may be leased for...

Section 7058. - 7058. Any city, county, city and county, or district, in...

Section 7058.5. - 7058.5. Before a lease or any operating agreement or other...

Section 7059. - 7059. At the time and place fixed in the resolution...

Section 7060. - 7060. (a) No such lease or agreement shall be effective...

Section 7061. - 7061. The provisions of Sections 7058.5 to 7059, inclusive, shall...

Section 7061.1. - 7061.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7058, no city, county,...

Section 7062. - 7062. (a) On or before October 1st of each year,...