(a) The administrator, with the assistance of the State Lands Commission, the California Coastal Commission, the executive director of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, or other appropriate agency, shall carry out studies with regard to improvements to contingency planning and oil spill response equipment and operations.
(b) To the greatest extent possible, these studies shall be coordinated with studies being done by the federal government, and other appropriate state and international entities, and duplication with the efforts of other entities shall be minimized.
(c) The administrator, the State Lands Commission, the California Coastal Commission, the executive director of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, or other appropriate agency may be reimbursed for all costs incurred in carrying out the studies under this section from the Oil Spill Prevention and Administration Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 30. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014.)