Texas Natural Resources Code - Section 111.002. Common Carriers Under Chapter
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§ 111.002. COMMON CARRIERS UNDER CHAPTER. A person is a
common carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter if it:
(1) owns, operates, or manages a pipeline or any part
of a pipeline in the State of Texas for the transportation of crude
petroleum to or for the public for hire, or engages in the business
of transporting crude petroleum by pipeline;
(2) owns, operates, or manages a pipeline or any part
of a pipeline in the State of Texas for the transportation of crude
petroleum to or for the public for hire and the pipeline is
constructed or maintained on, over, or under a public road or
highway, or is an entity in favor of whom the right of eminent
domain exists;
(3) owns, operates, or manages a pipeline or any part
of a pipeline in the State of Texas for the transportation of crude
petroleum to or for the public for hire which is or may be
constructed, operated, or maintained across, on, along, over, or
under the right-of-way of a railroad, corporation, or other common
carrier required by law to transport crude petroleum as a common
carrier;
(4) under lease, contract of purchase, agreement to
buy or sell, or other agreement or arrangement of any kind, owns,
operates, manages, or participates in ownership, operation, or
management of a pipeline or part of a pipeline in the State of Texas
for the transportation of crude petroleum, bought of others, from
an oil field or place of production within this state to any
distributing, refining, or marketing center or reshipping point
within this state;
(5) owns, operates, or manages, wholly or partially,
pipelines for the transportation for hire of coal in whatever form
or of any mixture of substances including coal in whatever form; or
(6) owns, operates, or manages, wholly or partially,
pipelines for the transportation of carbon dioxide or hydrogen in
whatever form to or for the public for hire, but only if such person
files with the commission a written acceptance of the provisions of
this chapter expressly agreeing that, in consideration of the
rights acquired, it becomes a common carrier subject to the duties
and obligations conferred or imposed by this chapter.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2579, ch. 871, art. I, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1977. Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2692, ch. 871, art. II,
§ 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 199, ch. 93,
§ 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 689, § 1,
eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Section: 103.041 103.042 103.043 103.044 103.045 103.046 111.001 111.002 111.003 111.004 111.011 111.012 111.013 111.014 111.015
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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