A pipeline subject to the provisions of this chapter not exempt under Section 111.003, which is used in connection with the business of purchasing or purchasing and selling crude petroleum, or in the business of transporting coal, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, feedstock for carbon gasification, the products of carbon gasification, or the derivative products of carbon gasification in whatever form by pipeline for hire in Texas, shall be operated as a common carrier and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the commission.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 111.013
CONTROL OF PIPELINES
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case the Crawford Family Farm Partnership v. TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L. P. (2013)
Most recently applied in Westlake Ethylene Pipeline Corporation v. Railroad Commission of Texas and Eastman Chemical Company (December 2016)
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2579, ch. 871, art
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.