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Cal. PRC § 3125.1

This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 3125.1, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.

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Official statutory text

(a) Not later than June 30, 2024, the California Workforce Development Board shall consult with the division in developing and implementing the Oil and Gas Well Capping Pilot initiative established pursuant to the Budget Act of 2022 to assist state-registered apprenticeship programs in creating curriculum for training apprentices and to upskill journeypersons on well capping projects.

(b) The division and other public agencies that receive funds from the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund pursuant to this chapter shall consult and coordinate with the California Workforce Development Board when promoting or seeking to improve workforce education and training programs for incumbent and entry-level workers that support or advance high-quality work performance and increase priority populations’ access to high-quality jobs associated with projects involving the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or work, including the plugging and abandonment of wells, decommissioning of production facilities, or otherwise remediating well sites pursuant to Section 3226 or 3255.

(c) In developing and implementing workforce development programs to support projects involving the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or work, including the plugging and abandonment of wells, decommissioning of production facilities, or otherwise remediating well sites pursuant to Section 3226 or 3255, the board, division, and other public agencies shall align with the principles and practices of the high road, high road training partnerships, and high road construction careers as defined in subdivisions (r) to (t), inclusive, of Section 14005 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.

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