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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.)