California Public Resources Code

§ 6813

PRC § 6813Div. 6 · Part 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

For the purpose of this chapter, the commission may enter into agreements with any person, association of persons, corporation, city, or county, the United States or any agency thereof, or any of them, claiming the oil and gas in lands adversely to the State of California, which agreements may:

(a)Establish the respective interests of the parties to the agreement in the oil and gas underlying such land.

(b)Establish the boundary line between lands claimed by the State and other parties to the agreement in those cases in which oil or gas is known or believed to exist in such lands or in the vicinity thereof, and, pending the establishment of any such boundaries, provide for the administration, exploration and development of any lands embraced within the conflicting boundary claims.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 686.