**Exhibit31.2**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Ken Maples, ChiefFinancial Officer, Vice President-Finance and Secretary of Hiland Partner GPHoldings, LLC, the general partner of Hiland Holdings GP, LP, certify that:

 

1.     I have reviewed this quarterly reporton Form 10-Q of Hiland Holdings GP, LP;

 

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report doesnot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

 

4.     The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a —15(e) and 15d — 15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a — 15(f) and 15d — 15 (f)) for the registrantand have:

 

a)     designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report isbeing prepared;

 

b)     designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to bedesigned under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statementsfor external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

 

c)     evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this annual report ourconclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,as of the end of the period covered by this annual report based on suchevaluation; and

 

d)     disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theregistrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth quarter in thecase of our annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting; and

 

5.     The registrant’s other certifyingofficers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the auditcommittee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent function):

 

a)     all significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reportingwhich are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)                   any fraud,whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date: November 9, 2007 | /s/ Ken Maples                                  |   |
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|                   | Ken Maples                                      |
|                   | Chief Financial Officer, Vice President-Finance |
|                   | and Secretary                                   |

 

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