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TX Nat Res Code § 111.020 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter B. Common Carriers|Section 111.020. Pipeline on Public Stream or Highway

Sec. 111.020.  PIPELINE ON PUBLIC STREAM OR HIGHWAY.  (a)  Subject to the provisions of Subsection (b) of this section, all common carriers are entitled to lay, maintain, and operate along, across, or under a public stream or highway in this state pipelines, together with telegraph and telephone lines incidental to and designed for use only in connection with the operation of the pipelines.(b)  The right to run a pipeline or telegraph or telephone line along, across, or over a public road or highway may be exercised only on condition that:(1)  it does not interfere with traffic on the road or highway;(2)  the road or highway is promptly restored to its former condition of usefulness;(3)  the restoration of the road or highway is subject also to the supervision of the commissioners court or other proper local authority;  and(4)  no pipes or pipelines are laid parallel with and on a public highway closer than 15 feet from the improved section of the highway except with the approval and under the direction of the commissioners court of the county in which the public highway is located.(c)  The common carrier shall compensate the county or road district, respectively, for any damage done to the public road in the exercise of the privileges conferred.(d)  A person may acquire the right conferred in this section by filing 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. 2580, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter B. Common Carriers|Section 111.021. Pipeline Under Railroad, Street Railroad, or Canal

Sec. 111.021.  PIPELINE UNDER RAILROAD, STREET RAILROAD, OR CANAL.  A common carrier is entitled to lay its pipe or pipeline under any railroad, railroad right-of-way, street railroad, or canal in this state.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2581, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter B. Common Carriers|Section 111.022. Right to Use Street or Alley in City or Town

Sec. 111.022.  RIGHT TO USE STREET OR ALLEY IN CITY OR TOWN.  The provisions of this chapter do not grant a pipeline company the right to use a public street or alley in an incorporated or unincorporated city or town except with express permission of the governing body of the city or town or the right to lay its pipes or pipelines along and under a street or alley in an incorporated city or town except with the consent and under the direction of the governing body of the city or town.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2581, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter B. Common Carriers|Section 111.023. Exchange of Facilities

Sec. 111.023.  EXCHANGE OF FACILITIES.  (a)  A common carrier shall exchange crude petroleum tonnage with each like common carrier.(b)  When a necessity exists, the commission may require connections and facilities for the interchange of crude petroleum tonnage to be made at every locality reached by both pipelines, subject to the rules and rates made by the commission.(c)  A common carrier pipeline under like rules shall be required to install and maintain facilities for the receipt and delivery of crude petroleum of patrons at all points on the pipeline.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2581, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter B. Common Carriers|Section 111.024. Limit on Amount of Oil Carried

Sec. 111.024.  LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF OIL CARRIED.  No common carrier may be required at any time to receive for shipment from any person more than 3,000 barrels of petroleum in any one day.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2581, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter B. Common Carriers|Section 111.025. Abandoning Connections

Sec. 111.025.  ABANDONING CONNECTIONS.  (a)  No common carrier may abandon any of its connections or lines except under authority of a permit granted by the commission or with written consent of the owner or duly authorized agent of the wells to which connections are made.(b)  Before granting a permit to abandon any connection, the commission shall issue proper notice and hold a hearing as provided by law.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2581, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter C. Public Utilities|Section 111.051. Applicability of Statute to Public Utilities

Sec. 111.051.  APPLICABILITY OF STATUTE TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.  A public utility is subject to the provisions of this subchapter and other provisions of this chapter relating to public utilities.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2582, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter C. Public Utilities|Section 111.052. Discrimination by Public Utility

Sec. 111.052.  DISCRIMINATION BY PUBLIC UTILITY.  No public utility in its operations as a public utility may discriminate between or against its patrons in regard to facilities furnished or services rendered, or rates charged under the same or similar circumstances, in the storage of crude oil.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2582, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter C. Public Utilities|Section 111.053. Bond of Public Utility

Sec. 111.053.  BOND OF PUBLIC UTILITY.  (a)  Before engaging in business as a public utility, a person, association, or corporation that is to engage in business as a public utility shall file a bond in an amount not to exceed $25,000 that is properly executed and made payable to the State of Texas with the amount of the bond and the sureties on the bond subject to the approval of the commission.(b)  In lieu of a bond as required by Subsection (a), a person, association, or corporation may deposit with the commission:(1)  bonds of the United States;(2)  certificates of indebtedness issued by the United States secretary of the treasury;(3)  bonds of this state or a county, municipality, or school district of this state;  or(4)  shares or share accounts of savings and loan associations organized under the laws of this state or federal savings and loan associations domiciled in this state, if the shares or share accounts are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.(c)  The bond or securities in lieu of the bond as provided by Subsection (b) shall be approved by the commission before the bond is filed or the securities deposited.(d)  After proper notice and hearing as provided by law, the amount of the bond may be changed from time to time by order of the commission, according to the volume of business done or to be done by the public utility.(e)  The bond shall be conditioned that the public utility will observe the applicable provisions of this subchapter and chapter and the rules of the commission insofar as its business is regulated and controlled by the commission and that the public utility will exercise ordinary care in the storage, preservation, handling, and delivery of petroleum products entrusted to it and shall guarantee the classification, measurements, and grades made by it under its authority and in conformity herewith.(f)  The bond shall be for the benefit of the patrons of the public utility and their assignees as though they were named obligees in the bond and they shall severally have the right of suit on the bond.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2582, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.107, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter C. Public Utilities|Section 111.054. Lien for Storage Charges

Sec. 111.054.  LIEN FOR STORAGE CHARGES.  A public utility shall have a lien on the commodity in its possession to secure it in the payment of all proper storage charges against the commodity or the transportation charges accrued to or paid or advanced by it or both and the lien is superior to all other liens on the commodity except a lien for taxes.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2582, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.081 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.081. Definition of Common Purchaser

Sec. 111.081.  DEFINITION OF COMMON PURCHASER.  (a)  In this subchapter, "common purchaser" means:(1)  every person that purchases crude oil or petroleum produced within the limits of this state and that is affiliated through stock ownership, common control, contract, or in any other manner with a common carrier by pipeline or is itself a common carrier;(2)  every person, gas pipeline company, or gas purchaser that claims or exercises the right to carry or transport natural gas by pipeline or pipelines for hire, compensation, or otherwise within the limits of this state or that engages in the business of purchasing or taking natural gas, residue gas, or casinghead gas thereof;(3)  every person that operates a crude oil gathering system, whether by pipeline or truck, that may purchase crude oil or petroleum in this state, whether or not it is a common carrier or affiliated with a common carrier;  and(4)  the business of purchasing or of purchasing and selling crude petroleum by the use of a gathering system for crude petroleum, whether by pipeline or by truck.(b)  The persons covered by Subdivision (3), Subsection (a) of this section do not include persons transporting only crude oil from property in which they own an operating interest.(c)  The operation of a crude oil gathering system by a person, association of persons, or corporation transporting only crude oil from property in which it owns an operating interest shall not be considered to be included in Subdivision (4) of Subsection (a) of this section.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2582, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.082 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.082. Purpose for Including Certain Entities Under Regulation as Common Purchasers

Sec. 111.082.  PURPOSE FOR INCLUDING CERTAIN ENTITIES UNDER REGULATION AS COMMON PURCHASERS.  Persons, gas pipeline companies, and gas purchasers claiming or exercising the right to carry or transport natural gas by pipeline or pipelines for hire, compensation, or otherwise within the limits of this state are regulated as common purchasers under this subchapter for the purpose of further conserving the natural gas resources of this state.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2583, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.083 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.083. Duty of Certain Common Purchasers

Sec. 111.083.  DUTY OF CERTAIN COMMON PURCHASERS.  A common purchaser as defined in Subdivision (2), Subsection (a), Section 111.081 of this code shall purchase or take the natural gas purchased or taken by it as a common purchaser under rules prescribed by the commission in the manner, under the inhibitions against discriminations, and subject to the provisions applicable under this chapter to common purchasers of oil.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2583, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.084 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.084. Operation of Gathering Systems for Crude Petroleum

Sec. 111.084.  OPERATION OF GATHERING SYSTEMS FOR CRUDE PETROLEUM.  The operation of gathering systems for crude petroleum by pipeline or by truck in connection with the purchase or purchase and sale of crude petroleum is a business in the mode of the conduct of which the public is interested, and as such is subject to regulation by law.  Therefore, it is provided that the business of purchasing or of purchasing and selling crude petroleum by the use of a gathering system for crude petroleum, whether by pipeline or by truck, shall not be conducted unless the person operating the gathering system being used in this manner in connection with this business is a common purchaser under this law and subject to the jurisdiction conferred on the commission over common purchasers.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2583, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.085 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.085. Applicability of Rate Provisions to Certain Common Purchasers

Sec. 111.085.  APPLICABILITY OF RATE PROVISIONS TO CERTAIN COMMON PURCHASERS.  Common purchasers as defined in Subdivision (3), Subsection (a), Section 111.081 of this code are subject to the same regulation concerning rates and charges for gathering, transporting, loading, and delivering crude petroleum as set out in Subchapter F of this chapter.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2583, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.086 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.086. Discrimination Between Persons and Fields

Sec. 111.086.  DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN PERSONS AND FIELDS.  (a)  A common purchaser shall purchase oil offered to it for purchase without discrimination in favor of one producer or person against another producer or person in the same field and without unjust or unreasonable discrimination between fields in this state.(b)  A question of justice or reasonableness under this section shall be determined by the commission taking into consideration the production and age of wells in respective fields and all other proper factors.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2584, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.087 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.087. Conditions in Taking Production

Sec. 111.087.  CONDITIONS IN TAKING PRODUCTION.  (a)  No common purchaser may discriminate between or against crude oil or petroleum of a similar kind or quality in favor of its own production, or production in which the common carrier may be directly or indirectly interested in whole or part.(b)  For the purpose of prorating the purchase of crude oil or petroleum to be marketed, the production shall be taken in like manner as that of any other person or producer and shall be taken in the ratable proportion that the production bears to the total production offered for market in the field.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2584, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.088 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.088. Commission Relief

Sec. 111.088.  COMMISSION RELIEF.  After proper notice and hearing as provided by law, the commission may relieve any common purchaser from the duty of purchasing petroleum of inferior quality or grade.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2584, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.089 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.089. Discrimination as to Royalty Oil

Sec. 111.089.  DISCRIMINATION AS TO ROYALTY OIL.  (a)  In making purchases of royalty oil, a common purchaser shall comply with the provisions of this subchapter, Subchapters C, F, and G of this chapter, and Sections 111.004, 111.025, 111.131 through 111.133, 111.136, 111.137, and 111.140 of this code, and shall not discriminate between royalty owners or landowners or both in making those purchases.(b)  No common purchaser may unreasonably delay payments to a royalty owner or landowner or both in purchases of said oil or gas.(c)  In addition to other penalties, the royalty owner or landowner or both have a cause of action for violation of this section against the common purchaser for damages and may file suit for damages in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the royalty lies.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2584, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.090 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.090. Compliance by Common Purchasers

Sec. 111.090.  COMPLIANCE BY COMMON PURCHASERS.  The commission shall enforce compliance with this subchapter, Subchapters C, F, and G of this chapter, and Sections 111.004, 111.025, 111.131 through 111.133, 111.136, 111.137, and 111.140 of this code and after notice and hearing, may make rules and orders defining the distance that extensions or gathering lines shall be made to all oil or gas wells and other rules or orders that may be necessary to carry out those provisions cited in this section and to prevent discrimination.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2584, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.091 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.091. Prevention of Discrimination

Sec. 111.091.  PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION.  (a)  The commission shall make inquiry in each field concerning the connection of various producers, and if discrimination is found to be practiced by a common purchaser, the commission shall issue an order to the common purchaser to make any reasonable extensions of its lines, reasonable connections, and ratable purchases that will prevent the discrimination.(b)  The commission may issue a show cause order to any common purchaser requesting it to appear and show cause why it should not purchase the allowable production of any producer discriminated against under Subsection (a) of this section.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2584, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.092 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.092. Injunction to Prevent Discrimination

Sec. 111.092.  INJUNCTION TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION.  On information that discrimination is practiced in its purchases by a common purchaser, the commission shall request the attorney general to bring a mandatory injunction suit against the common purchaser to compel the reasonable extensions that are necessary to prevent discrimination.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2585, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 111.093 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 3 - Oil and Gas|Subtitle D - Regulation of Specific Businesses and Occupations|Chapter 111 - Common Carriers, Public Utilities, and Common Purchasers|Subchapter D. Common Purchasers|Section 111.093. Forfeiture of Charter of Domestic Corporation

Sec. 111.093.  FORFEITURE OF CHARTER OF DOMESTIC CORPORATION.  (a)  If a domestic corporation that is a common purchaser violates any provision of this subchapter, Subchapter C, F, or G of this chapter, or Sections 111.004, 111.025, 111.131 through 111.133, 111.136, 111.137, or 111.140 of this code or any valid rule promulgated by the commission under those provisions, the attorney general may bring suit in a district court in Travis County against the corporation to forfeit the charter of the corporation and enjoin and forever prohibit the corporation from doing business in this state.(b)  If the corporation is found guilty by the court before whom the action is brought under this section, the charter of the corporation may be forfeited and the injunction may be granted, provided that the forfeiture and injunction are in addition to all other penalties.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2585, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|