California Fish and Game Code

§ 6620

FGC § 6620 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 6 · Part 1 · Ch. 5.5 · Art. 2

Statute text

The department shall not take title to a decommissioned offshore oil structure in open coastal waters or take responsibility for management of the structure pursuant to this article until decommissioning and partial removal of the structure have been completed and both of the following requirements are met:

(a)The partial removal of the structure has been granted final approval by the department.

(b)The state is indemnified, as required in subdivision (f) of Section 6616, from any liability that may result from approving the partial removal of an offshore oil structure or any liability that may result from the ownership of the structure.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 687, Sec. 1. (AB 2503) Effective January 1, 2011.