Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 91.173 — DEFINITIONS

NR § 91.173Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS · Ch. 91. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE · Art. F. UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE AND CONSERVATION

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In this subchapter:

(1)"Person" means any natural person, partnership or other combination of natural persons, corporation, group of corporations, trust, or governmental entity.

(2)"Gas utility" means a gas utility as defined in Section 101.003, Utilities Code, or Subchapter A, Chapter 121, Utilities Code.

(3)"Natural gas" means any gaseous material composed predominantly of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof: methane, ethane, propane, butane (normal or isobutane), in either its original or manufactured state, or gas which has been processed to separate it into one or more of its component parts after its withdrawal from the earth.

(4)"Native gas" means:

(A)natural gas which has not previously been withdrawn from the earth; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1996, ch. 785, Sec. 3, eff. June 13, 1979. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.41, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.