Report 2010-125 Recommendation 16 Responses

Report 2010-125: State Lands Commission: Because It Has Not Managed Public Lands Effectively, the State Has Lost Millions in Revenue for the General Fund (Release Date: August 2011)

Recommendation #16 To: Lands Commission, State

To adequately monitor its revenue-generating oil and gas leases, the commission should work with lessees that entered into a lease with the commission before 1977 to put in place a reasonable time period within which lessees must resolve other types of deduction claims similar to the regulations already in place for dehydration costs.

1-Year Agency Response

The commission stated that staff will continue to work with lessees when the opportunity arises to implement the recommendation where appropriate and when it is in the best interests of the State. (See 2013-406, p. 207)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2010-125

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.