Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-21
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Businesses and persons subject to act - Vested rights
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excepted.
Every corporation, joint-stock company, limited copartnership,
partnership or other person, now, or hereafter exercising or
claiming the right to carry or transport natural gas by or through
pipeline or lines, for hire, compensation or otherwise, or now or
hereafter exercising or claiming the right to engage in the business
of producing, piping or transporting natural gas, or any other
person or persons, now or hereafter engaging in the business of
buying, selling in or transporting natural gas within the limits of
this state, shall not have or possess the right to conduct or engage
in said business or operations, in whole or in part, as above
described, or have or possess the right to locate, maintain, or
operate the necessary pipelines, fixtures and equipment thereto
belonging, or use in connection therewith, concerning the said
business of carrying or transporting natural gas as aforesaid, on,
over, along, across, through, in or under any present or future
highway, or part thereof, within the state, or to have or possess
the right of eminent domain, or any other right or rights,
concerning said business or operation, in whole or in part, except
as authorized by and subject to the provisions of this act, except,
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further, and only such right or rights as may already exist which
are valid, vested, and incapable of revocation by any law of this
state or of the United States.
Every corporation, joint-stock company, limited copartnership,
partnership or other person, now, or hereafter exercising or
claiming the right to carry or transport natural gas by or through
pipeline or lines, for hire, compensation or otherwise, or now or
hereafter exercising or claiming the right to engage in the business
of producing, piping or transporting natural gas, or any other
person or persons, now or hereafter engaging in the business of
buying, selling in or transporting natural gas within the limits of
this state, shall not have or possess the right to conduct or engage
in said business or operations, in whole or in part, as above
described, or have or possess the right to locate, maintain, or
operate the necessary pipelines, fixtures and equipment thereto
belonging, or use in connection therewith, concerning the said
business of carrying or transporting natural gas as aforesaid, on,
over, along, across, through, in or under any present or future
highway, or part thereof, within the state, or to have or possess
the right of eminent domain, or any other right or rights,
concerning said business or operation, in whole or in part, except
as authorized by and subject to the provisions of this act, except,
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further, and only such right or rights as may already exist which
are valid, vested, and incapable of revocation by any law of this
state or of the United States.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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