As used in the Gathering Line Land Acquisition Act: A. 'mineral developer' means a mineral owner, operator, lessee or natural gas or petroleum pipeline company that is engaged in the production or conveyance by pipeline of natural gas or petroleum; and B. 'property owner' means the person who holds an ownership interest in the property to be acquired for the purpose of constructing a natural gas or petroleum gathering line or an associated disposal line, other than the property on which the well to be connected to a natural gas or petroleum gathering line or to be connected to an associated disposal line is to be located. History: Laws 1988, ch. 26, § 2; 1993, ch. 338, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted 'lessee or natural gas or petroleum pipeline company that' for 'or lessee who' and inserted 'or conveyance by pipeline' in Subsection A.
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