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.
Structure Texas Statutes
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
Section 111.082. Purpose for Including Certain Entities Under Regulation as Common Purchasers
Section 111.083. Duty of Certain Common Purchasers
Section 111.084. Operation of Gathering Systems for Crude Petroleum
Section 111.085. Applicability of Rate Provisions to Certain Common Purchasers
Section 111.086. Discrimination Between Persons and Fields
Section 111.087. Conditions in Taking Production
Section 111.088. Commission Relief
Section 111.089. Discrimination as to Royalty Oil
Section 111.090. Compliance by Common Purchasers
Section 111.091. Prevention of Discrimination
Section 111.092. Injunction to Prevent Discrimination
Section 111.093. Forfeiture of Charter of Domestic Corporation
Section 111.094. Forfeiture of Charter of Foreign Corporation