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479.2 Definitions.

"Pipeline" as used in this chapter means a pipe, pipes, or pipelines used for the transportation or transmission of a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance, except water, within or through this state. However, the term does not include interstate pipe, pipes, or pipelines used for the transportation or transmission of natural gas.

"Pipeline company" as used in this chapter means a person engaged in or organized for the purpose of owning, operating, or controlling pipelines for the transportation or transmission of any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance, except water, within or through this state. However, the term does not include a person owning, operating, or controlling interstate pipelines for the transportation or transmission of natural gas.

The term "board" when used in this chapter means the utilities board within the utilities division of the department of commerce.

The term "underground storage" insofar as this chapter is concerned shall include and mean storage of gas in a subsurface stratum or formation of the earth.

Section History: Early form

[C31, § 8338-d1; C35, § 8338-f15; C39, § 8338.23; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 490.2; C77, 79, 81, § 479.2]

Section History: Recent form

88 Acts, ch 1074, §28

Internal References

Referred to in § 352.6


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