§ 30:42 — Right to purchase gas

§42. Right to purchase gas
Every person, engaged in the business of purchasing and selling natural gas in this
state, shall be a common purchaser thereof, and shall purchase all of the natural gas which
may be offered for sale which may be brought in pipes and connecting lines by the owner or
proposed seller to its trunk lines, at the sellers' expense, or to its gathering lines, without
discrimination in favor of one producer as against another, or in favor of any one source of
supply as against another save as authorized by the secretary after due notice and hearing. If
a person is unable to purchase all the gas offered, then he shall purchase natural gas from
each producer ratably, and each common purchaser of gas shall have the same right to
purchase the production of a gas well that is not being utilized under the conditions of this
Section. In the event the owner of the well refuses to sell, the common purchaser shall have
the same rights of action against the owner as the seller has against the common purchaser
who refuses to buy, and the seller refusing to sell shall be subject to the same penalties as are
provided against the common purchaser who refuses to buy. This Section shall not affect in
any way a municipal corporation engaged in buying and selling natural gas.

Legislative History

Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.