**Exhibit 31.2**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Ken Maples, Chief Financial Officer, VicePresident-Finance and Secretary of Hiland Partner GP, LLC, the general partnerof Hiland Partners, LP, certify that:

 

1.     I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Hiland Partners,LP;

 

2.     Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain anyuntrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessaryto make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which suchstatements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisannual report;

 

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and otherfinancial information included in this annual report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

 

4.     The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsiblefor establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as definedin Securities and Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for theregistrant and we have:

 

a)     designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused suchdisclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, toensure that material information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

 

b)    evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this annual report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this annual report based on such evaluation; and

 

c)     disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered bythis annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;and

 

5.     The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’sboard of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

a)     all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)    any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management orother employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.

 
| Date: March 30, 2006 | /s/ Ken Maples                                                  |   |
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|                 | Ken Maples                                                      |
|                 | Chief Financial Officer,  Vice President-Finance  and Secretary |

 

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