Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 3. OIL AND GAS [3000 - 3865]
( Division 3 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93. ) CHAPTER 1. Oil and Gas Conservation [3000 - 3473]
( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93. ) ARTICLE 7. Assessment and Collection of Charges [3400 - 3434]
( Article 7 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93. ) 3400.
The charges directed to be levied by this article are necessary in the exercise of the police power of the State and to provide a means by which to supervise and protect deposits of oil and gas within the State, in which deposits the people of the State have a primary and supreme interest.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.)