2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development.
§ 113-387. Production of crude oil and gas regulated; tax assessments.
§ 113‑387. Production of crude oil and gas regulated; tax assessments.
All common sources of supply of crude oil discovered after January 1, 1945, if so found necessary by the Department, shall have the production of oil therefrom controlled or regulated in accordance with the provisions of this law, and the Department is hereby authorized to assess from time to time against each barrel of oil produced and saved a tax not to exceed five mills on each barrel. All moneys so collected shall be used solely to pay the expenses and other costs in connection with the administration of this law.
All common sources of supply of natural gas discovered after January 1, 1945, if so found necessary by the Department, shall have the production of gas therefrom controlled or regulated in accordance with the provisions of this law, and the Department is hereby authorized to assess from time to time against each 1000 cubic feet of gas produced and saved from a gas well a tax not to exceed one‑half mill on each 1000 cubic feet of gas. All moneys so collected shall be used solely to pay the expenses and other costs in connection with the administration of this law. (1945, c. 702, s. 7; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86.)
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