§ 30:503 — Definitions

Louisiana § 30:503

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 30: Mortgages and Privileges

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§503. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases have the meaning ascribed
to them in this Section except as otherwise provided in this Chapter or unless a different
meaning is plainly required by the context:
(1) "Commissioner" means the secretary of the Department of Conservation and
Energy.
(2) "Common carrier gas pipeline" is one which transports intrastate natural gas
exclusively for hire by others.
(3) "Excess capacity" of intrastate gas pipelines is defined as that part of the
capability of a pipeline system to transport intrastate natural gas from point to point along
its line in excess of the immediate needs of the pipeline company or its subsidiaries or its
parent or the subsidiary companies of its parent. In determining excess capacity, the secretary
may disregard existing contracts for the transportation or sale of intrastate natural gas not
then being performed or fulfilled. Excess capacity of intrastate pipelines may also be created
as a result of intrastate natural gas delivery curtailment orders of the secretary in the
implementation of the allocation, rationing and conservation measures governing the end-use
of intrastate natural gas provided for in this Chapter.
(4) "Gas" means any gas derived from or composed of hydrocarbons, including
synthetic gas which is produced from coal, lignite, or petroleum coke and the heat content
of which synthetic gas does not exceed 800 BTUs per standard cubic foot.
(5) "Intrastate natural gas" is defined as that gas produced, transported, and utilized
wholly within the state of Louisiana, through the use of intrastate pipelines or of interstate
pipelines where such use of interstate pipelines is or may hereafter be exempt from the
control of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act and/or rules
and regulations promulgated by the Federal Power Commission thereunder; and gas,
wherever produced, which is or may be transported into this state and delivered to an
intrastate pipeline in this state to be used or consumed wholly within this state.
(6) "Intrastate natural gas transporter" is defined as any person owning or operating
an intrastate pipeline.
(7) "Intrastate pipeline" is defined as a pipeline which is located and operated in the
state of Louisiana and is or may hereafter be exempt from the control of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission.
(8) "Master meter system" means a pipeline system for distributing gas within but
not limited to a definable area such as a mobile home park, housing project, apartment
complex, or postsecondary education institution where the operator purchases metered gas
from an outside source for resale through a gas pipeline system. The gas distribution pipeline
system supplies the ultimate consumer who either purchases the gas directly through a meter
or by other means, such as by rents.
(9) "Natural gas distribution system" means a company, municipality, or political
subdivision that purchases or receives natural gas, and through its own intrastate pipeline
system, distributes natural gas to end users in Louisiana such as residential, commercial,
industrial, and wholesale customers, and shall include master meter systems.
(10) "Natural gas transmission pipeline" is defined as one which transports natural
gas in or through the state of Louisiana.
(11) "Person" means any natural person, corporation, political subdivision,
association, partnership, limited liability company, receiver, tutor, curator, executor,
administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind.
(12) "School system" means a pipeline system for distributing natural gas to a public
or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, including any nonpublic pre-kindergarten.
Upon request for a revision of service by the governing authority of a school or person
authorized by the governing authority to make such a request, the local distribution company
providing natural gas service to the school shall, within a reasonable period of time and upon
mutual agreement, install a meter at the building wall of each building of the school that
utilizes natural gas. The gas piping from the outlet of the meter to the inside of the building
shall be installed above ground and shall be maintained by the school in accordance with the
requirements of the office of state fire marshal. The outside piping that is upstream of the
meter to the outlet of the meter shall be owned and maintained by the local distribution
company in accordance with minimum pipeline safety regulations. The pipeline system of
a school that does not request a revision of service as described by this Paragraph shall be
deemed a special class system, and subject to the requirements of such system.
(13) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy.
(14) "Special class system" means a pipeline system for distributing gas to a federal,
state, or local government facility or to a private facility performing a government function
through which the operator receives or purchases gas from an outside source and distributes
the gas through a pipeline system to more than one outlet beyond the meter or regulator,
which ultimate outlet may, but need not be, individually metered or charged a fee for the gas.
Any exemption from pipeline safety regulations granted to master meter systems applies to
special class systems.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 661, §1; Acts 1980, No. 108, §1; Acts 1985, No. 250, §2, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 1988, No. 22, §1, eff. June 10, 1988; Acts 1992, No. 275, §1; Acts 1999, No. 358, §2, eff. June 16, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 224, §1; Acts 2023, No. 150, §5, eff. Jan. 10, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 458, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.