§ 49-19-01 — Definition of common pipeline carriers

Every person:
1. Owning, operating, or managing any pipeline or any part of any pipeline within this
state for the transportation of crude petroleum, gas, coal, or carbon dioxide to or for
the public for hire, or engaged in the business of transporting crude petroleum, gas,
coal, or carbon dioxide by pipelines;
2. Owning, operating, managing, or participating in the ownership, operation, or
management of, under lease, contract of purchase, agreement to buy or sell, or other
agreement or arrangement of any kind whatsoever, any pipeline, or any part of any
pipeline, for the transportation of crude petroleum, gas, or coal bought from others
from any oil, gas, or coal field or place of production, to any distributing, refining, or
marketing center or reshipping point;
3. Engaged in the business of producing, purchasing, transporting for hire or transporting
for sale within this state of natural gas, which is transported through pipelines, or any
part of a pipeline, the right of way for which is granted or secured under the provisions
of this chapter or, subject to chapter 32-15, through the exercise of the right of eminent
domain; or
4. Made a common carrier by or under the terms of a contract with or in pursuance of the
laws of the United States, is a common carrier and is subject to the provisions of this
chapter as a common pipeline carrier.