Public Resources Code section 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.

Source: Section 3400, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=3400. (updated Jan. 1, 1939; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 3400, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=3400. (last accessed May 12, 2025).