Sec. 111.082.  PURPOSE FOR INCLUDING CERTAIN ENTITIES UNDER REGULATION AS COMMON PURCHASERS.  Persons, gas pipeline companies, and gas purchasers claiming or exercising the right to carry or transport natural gas by pipeline or pipelines for hire, compensation, or otherwise within the limits of this state are regulated as common purchasers under this subchapter for the purpose of further conserving the natural gas resources of this state.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2583, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.