69-13-102. Scope of chapter -- enforcement. - Montana Statutes

     69-13-102. Scope of chapter -- enforcement. (1) It is declared that the operation of pipelines to which this chapter applies for the transportation of crude petroleum, coal, the products of crude petroleum or coal, or carbon dioxide produced in the combustion or gasification of fossil fuels, in connection with the purchase or purchase and sale of crude petroleum, coal, the products of crude petroleum or coal, or carbon dioxide produced in the combustion or gasification of fossil fuels, is a business in which the public is interested and is subject to regulation by law. The business of purchasing or of purchasing and selling crude petroleum, coal, the products of crude petroleum or coal, or carbon dioxide produced in the combustion or gasification of fossil fuels, using in connection with that business a pipeline of the class subject to this chapter to transport the crude petroleum, coal, the products of crude petroleum or coal, or carbon dioxide produced in the combustion or gasification of fossil fuels bought or sold, may not be conducted unless the pipeline used in connection with that business is a common carrier within the purview of this chapter and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the commission.
     (2) It is the duty of the attorney general to enforce this provision by injunction or other adequate remedy.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 8, Ex. L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3849, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3849, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 190, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 170, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 315, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 8-202; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 231, L. 2009.