Every company receiving, transporting or delivering a supply of oil or natural gas for public consumption is declared to be a common carrier, and the receipt, transportation and delivery of natural gas into, through and from a pipeline operated by any such company is declared to be a public use.
KRS 278.470
Companies transporting oil or gas by pipeline are common carriers
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 864 F. Supp. 638 - Workman v. Columbia Natural Resources (1994)
Most recently applied in Bluegrass Pipeline Co. v. Kentuckians United to Restrain Eminent Domain, Inc. (May 2015)
Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky
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Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.