Public Resources Code section 6909

The commission may grant nonexclusive geological or geophysical exploration permits for geothermal resources upon such terms and conditions as the commission may prescribe, but any such permit shall not give the permittee any preferential right to a geothermal resources lease.

Source: Section 6909, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=6909. (updated Jan. 1, 1978; accessed Dec. 8, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/public_resources_code_section_6909

Original Source: Section 6909, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=6909. (last accessed May 12, 2025).