Pipeline companies operating pipelines or a gas storage area shall have reasonable access to the same for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, repairing or locating their pipes, pumps, pressure apparatus or other stations, wells, devices or equipment used in or upon such line or gas storage area, but shall pay to the owner of such lands for the right of entry thereon and the owner of crops thereon all damages caused by entering, using or occupying said lands for said purposes; and shall pay to the owner or owners of such lands all damages caused after the completion of construction of said pipeline on account of wash or erosion of the soil at or along the location of said pipeline by reason of the construction thereof upon said lands on account of the settling of the soil along and above said pipeline, provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the execution of an agreement between the pipeline company and the owner of said land or crops with reference to the use thereof.
[C31, § 8338-d26; C35, § 8338-f39; C39, § 8338.47; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 490.26; C77, 79, 81, § 479.25]
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