The underground storage of natural gas promotes the conservation of natural gas, permits the building of reserves for orderly withdrawal in periods of peak demand, makes more readily available natural gas resources to residential, commercial, and industrial customers of this state, provides a better year-round market to the various gas fields, and promotes the public interest and welfare of this state.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 91.172
DECLARATION OF POLICY
Known as the Underground Natural Gas Storage and Conservation Act
The act spans §§ 91–91 (14 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Enron Corp. v. Spring Independent School District (1996)
Most recently applied in Enron Corp. v. Spring Independent School District (May 1996)
Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1996, ch. 785, Sec. 3, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.