**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Randy Moeder, Chief ExecutiveOfficer and President of Hiland Partners GP, LLC, the general partner of HilandPartners, LP, certify that:

 

1.            Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Hiland Partners, LP;

 

2.                                       Basedon my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statementsof a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements weremade, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.                                       Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant asof, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.                                       Theregistrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securitiesand Exchange Act Rules 13a – 15(e) and 15d – 15(e)) for theregistrant and have:

 

a)                                      designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)                                     reserved;

 

c)                                      evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness ofthe disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered bythis report based on such evaluation;

 

d)                                     disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that (theregistrant’s fourth quarter in the case of our annual report) has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       Theregistrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)                                      allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

 

b)                                     anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.

 

 
| Date:  | August 12, 2005 | /s/ Randy Moeder                       |   |
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|   |                 | Randy Moeder                           |
|   |                 | Chief Executive Officer and  President |
|        |                      |                                        |        |  |

 

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