California Government Code

§ 8670.42

GOV § 8670.42 Effective Jun 20, 2014Div. 1 · Title 2 · Ch. 7.4 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)The administrator and the State Lands Commission, independently, shall contract with the Department of Finance for the preparation of a detailed report that shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2013, and no less than once every four years thereafter, to the Governor and the Legislature on the financial basis and programmatic effectiveness of the state’s oil spill prevention, response, and preparedness program. This report shall include an analysis of all of the oil spill prevention, response, and preparedness program’s major expenditures, fees and fines collected, staffing and equipment levels, spills responded to, and other relevant issues. The report shall recommend measures to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the state’s oil spill prevention, response, and preparedness program, including, but not limited to, measures to modify existing contingency plan requirements, to improve protection of environmentally sensitive sites, and to ensure adequate and equitable funding for the state’s oil spill prevention, response, and preparedness program.

(b)A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 39. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014.