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.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 3400
Assessment and Collection of Charges
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 40 Cal. 2d 552 - Beverly Oil Co. v. City of Los Angeles (1953)
Most recently applied in 40 Cal. 2d 552 - Beverly Oil Co. v. City of Los Angeles (March 1953)
Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 93.
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