Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:258 – Tariffs; reports to commission; investigations; complaints; summoning witnesses; suits; process
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:258
- Common carrier: includes all persons engaged in the transportation of petroleum as public utilities and common carriers for hire; or which on proper showing may be legally held a common carrier from the nature of the business conducted, or from the manner in which such business is carried on. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:251
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Petroleum: means crude petroleum, crude petroleum products, distillate, condensate, liquefied petroleum gas, any hydrocarbon in a liquid state, any product in a liquid state which is derived in whole or in part from any hydrocarbon, and any mixture or mixtures thereof; provided, however, that such term shall not include methanol synthetically produced from coal, lignite, or petroleum coke. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:251
- Pipe line: includes the real estate, rights of way, pipe in line, telephone and telegraph lines or other communication systems, tank facilities as herein designated, and necessary for the proper conduct of its business as a common carrier, all fixtures, equipment and personal property of every kind owned, controlled, operated, used or managed, in connection with, or to facilitate the transportation, distribution and delivery of petroleum through lines constructed of pipe. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:251
All common carriers of petroleum shall make and publish their tariffs and charges according to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commission, which may require them to make reports and may investigate all their books and records kept in connection with their business. Upon petition of any shipper alleging injury or showing substantial basis to fear injury by reason of inadequate facilities as defined in this Chapter, the commission may require from such common carrier pipe line, reports duly verified under oath, of the total quantities of petroleum, owned by such pipe line as held by them in its distribution system, provided no publicity shall be given by the commission to the reports as to stock of petroleum on hand of any particular pipe line, but the commission in its discretion, may make public the aggregate amounts held by all pipe lines making these reports, and of the aggregate unfilled storage capacity and where situated. The commission has authority to hear and determine complaints, to require attendance of witnesses, pay their expenses and to institute suits and sue out such writs and process as may be necessary for the enforcement of its orders.