(1)
(a) Except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (c), a qualifying installer shall pay the costs to install natural gas facilities.
(b) A gas corporation shall pay the engineering, inspecting, mapping, and locating costs of natural gas facilities that a qualifying installer installs.
(c) If a gas corporation requires a qualifying installer to install natural gas facilities that are greater than the minimum system, the gas corporation shall pay the difference in cost between the required natural gas facilities and the minimum system.
(2) A gas corporation shall verify through inspection and testing that natural gas facilities that a qualifying installer installs comply with applicable federal, state, and local law and natural gas tariff specifications.
(3) A gas corporation is not required to supply natural gas to or accept ownership of natural gas facilities until the gas corporation completes any necessary inspection to verify that the natural gas facilities are installed and tested in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local law and natural gas tariff specifications.