ARTICLE 2.3. Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund: Labor Standards for Funding [3125. - 3125.3.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 2.3.

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Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3125. Section 3125.

All work to plug and abandon wells, decommission production facilities, or otherwise remediate well sites that is undertaken, funded, or financed by the division pursuant to Section 3226 or 3255 and performed by outside contractors is public work for which prevailing wages shall be paid for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3125.1. Section 3125.1.

(a) Not later than June 30, 2024, the California Workforce Development Board shall consult with the division in developing and implementing the Oil and Gas Well Capping Pilot initiative established pursuant to the Budget Act of 2022 to assist state-registered apprenticeship programs in creating curriculum for training apprentices and to upskill journeypersons on well capping projects. (b) The division and other public agencies that receive funds from the Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Administrative Fund pursuant to this chapter shall consult and coordinate with the California Workforce Development Board when promoting or seeking to improve workforce education and training programs for incumbent and entry-level workers that support or advance high-quality work performance and increase priority populations’ access to high-quality jobs associated with projects involving the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or work, including the plugging and abandonment of wells, decommissioning of production facilities, or otherwise remediating well sites pursuant to Section 3226 or 3255. (c) In developing and implementing workforce development programs to support projects involving the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or work, including the plugging and abandonment of wells, decommissioning of production facilities, or otherwise remediating well sites pursuant to Section 3226 or 3255, the board, division, and other public agencies shall align with the principles and practices of the high road, high road training partnerships, and high road construction careers as defined in subdivisions (r) to (t), inclusive, of Section 14005 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3125.2. Section 3125.2.

(a) The division, with assistance from the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, shall develop a procurement process to group multiple projects involving the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or work, including the plugging and abandonment of wells, decommissioning of production facilities, or otherwise remediating well sites pursuant to Section 3226 or 3255, to use project labor agreements under which to deliver those projects. (b) The division, when contracting on or after January 1, 2028, for the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or work, including the plugging and abandonment of wells, decommissioning of production facilities, or otherwise remediating well sites pursuant to Section 3226 or 3255, shall ensure that all entities selected for these projects enter into a project labor agreement that will bind all of the contractors performing work on the project. For purposes of this section, “project labor agreement” has the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 3125.3. Section 3125.3.

(a) This section applies only to work performed by contractors licensed by the Contractors State License Board under contracts for the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or work, including the plugging and abandonment of wells, decommissioning of production facilities, or otherwise remediating well sites, pursuant to Section 3226 or 3255, that are awarded, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2028. (b) The division, when contracting for the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or work, including the plugging, and abandonment of wells, decommissioning of production facilities, or otherwise remediating well sites pursuant to Section 3226 or 3255, shall require that contractors and any subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades, in accordance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. (c) The requirements of this section are satisfied if all contractors and subcontractors for the performance of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or work, including the plugging and abandonment of wells, decommissioning of production facilities, or otherwise remediating well sites, are required to become bound to a multicraft project labor agreement that expressly requires each contractor and subcontractor performing the work to use a skilled and trained workforce. For purposes of this subdivision, “project labor agreement” has the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026