Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-24
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Pipeline companies declared common carriers -
Official statutory text
Discrimination - Exemptions.
Every corporation, joint stock company, limited copartnership,
partnership or other person, now or hereafter engaged in the
business of carrying or transporting natural gas for hire, for
compensation or otherwise, by pipeline, or pipelines within this
state, and by virtue of and in conformity to, any valid law
incapable of revocation by any law of this state or of the United
States, or by virtue of and in conformity to the provisions of this
act, shall be a common carrier thereof as at common law, and no such
common carrier shall allow or be guilty of any unjust or any
unlawful discrimination, directly or indirectly, in favor of the
carriage, transportation or delivery of any natural gas, offered to
it, in its possession or control, or in which it may be interested,
directly or indirectly, and provided further, that any person, firm
or corporation owning or operating a natural gas pipeline within the
limits of any incorporated city or town in this state shall be
exempted from the provisions of this section only as to its
distributing lines located wholly within the corporate limits of
said city or town; and provided further, that any person, firm or
corporation engaged in gathering natural gas in this state shall be
exempted from the provisions of this section as to such gathering
activities and instead shall be subject to the provisions of
Sections 2 and 3 of this act.
Every corporation, joint stock company, limited copartnership,
partnership or other person, now or hereafter engaged in the
business of carrying or transporting natural gas for hire, for
compensation or otherwise, by pipeline, or pipelines within this
state, and by virtue of and in conformity to, any valid law
incapable of revocation by any law of this state or of the United
States, or by virtue of and in conformity to the provisions of this
act, shall be a common carrier thereof as at common law, and no such
common carrier shall allow or be guilty of any unjust or any
unlawful discrimination, directly or indirectly, in favor of the
carriage, transportation or delivery of any natural gas, offered to
it, in its possession or control, or in which it may be interested,
directly or indirectly, and provided further, that any person, firm
or corporation owning or operating a natural gas pipeline within the
limits of any incorporated city or town in this state shall be
exempted from the provisions of this section only as to its
distributing lines located wholly within the corporate limits of
said city or town; and provided further, that any person, firm or
corporation engaged in gathering natural gas in this state shall be
exempted from the provisions of this section as to such gathering
activities and instead shall be subject to the provisions of
Sections 2 and 3 of this act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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