Cal. PRC § 3820
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 3820, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Official statutory text
(a) The Geothermal Resources Development Account is hereby created in the General Fund.
(b) All revenues received by the state pursuant to Section 35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. Sec. 191), with respect to activities undertaken pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 1001) of Title 30 of the United States Code) shall be deposited in the Geothermal Resources Development Account immediately upon receipt, and are hereby continuously appropriated from the account for expenditure or transfer in the manner and at the times specified in this article.
(c) Commencing with the 1980–81 fiscal year, two million dollars ($2,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the revenues received by the state pursuant to Section 35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U. S.C. Sec. 191), from sources other than activities undertaken pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 1001) of Title 30 of the United States Code) shall be deposited each fiscal year in the account until a total amount is deposited which is equal to the revenues that were received by the state on and after January 1, 1976, from activities undertaken pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, but which were not deposited in the account pursuant to subdivision (b). The revenues so deposited are hereby continuously appropriated from the account for expenditure or transfer in the manner and at the times specified in this article. The deposit of revenues required by this subdivision are in addition to the deposit of revenues required by subdivision (b).
(b) All revenues received by the state pursuant to Section 35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. Sec. 191), with respect to activities undertaken pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 1001) of Title 30 of the United States Code) shall be deposited in the Geothermal Resources Development Account immediately upon receipt, and are hereby continuously appropriated from the account for expenditure or transfer in the manner and at the times specified in this article.
(c) Commencing with the 1980–81 fiscal year, two million dollars ($2,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the revenues received by the state pursuant to Section 35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U. S.C. Sec. 191), from sources other than activities undertaken pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 1001) of Title 30 of the United States Code) shall be deposited each fiscal year in the account until a total amount is deposited which is equal to the revenues that were received by the state on and after January 1, 1976, from activities undertaken pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, but which were not deposited in the account pursuant to subdivision (b). The revenues so deposited are hereby continuously appropriated from the account for expenditure or transfer in the manner and at the times specified in this article. The deposit of revenues required by this subdivision are in addition to the deposit of revenues required by subdivision (b).
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