Section 8670.55.

(a) The committee shall provide recommendations to the administrator, the State Lands Commission, the California Coastal Commission, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission on any provision of this chapter including the promulgation of all rules, regulations, guidelines, and policies.

(b) The committee may, at its own discretion, study, comment on, or evaluate, any aspect of oil spill prevention and response in the state. To the greatest extent possible, these studies shall be coordinated with studies being done by the federal government, the administrator, the State Lands Commission, the State Water Resources Control Board, and other appropriate state and international entities. Duplication with the efforts of other entities shall be minimized.

(c) The committee may attend any drills called pursuant to Section 8601.10 or any oil spills, if practicable.

(d) The committee shall report biennially to the Governor and the Legislature on its evaluation of oil spill response and preparedness programs within the state and may prepare and send any additional reports it determines to be appropriate to the Governor and the Legislature.

(e) On or before August 1, 2005, the committee shall review the Department of Finance report required under Section 8670.42 and prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature comments on the report, including, but not limited to, recommendations for improving the state's oil spill prevention, response, and preparedness program.

(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2012.

(Repealed (in Sec. 66) and added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 133, Sec. 67. Effective July 26, 2011. Section operative January 1, 2012, by its own provisions.)