15 U.S.C. § 3432: Effect on State laws

Summary

States keep the power to set and enforce maximum lawful prices for the first sale of natural gas produced in their State. People who transport gas under an order listed in section 3362(c) or sections 3363(b), (c), (d), or (i), or under a Commission authorization in section 3371(a), cannot be treated as common carriers under federal or state law.

Title 15, §3432

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(a)Authority to prescribe maximum lawful prices

Nothing in this chapter shall affect the authority of any State to establish or enforce any maximum lawful price for the first sale of natural gas produced in such State.

(b)Common carriers

No person shall be subject to regulation as a common carrier under any provision of Federal or State law by reason of any transportation—

(1)pursuant to any order under section 3362(c) or section 3363(b), (c), (d), or (i) of this title; or

(2)authorized by the Commission under section 3371(a) of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1989—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–60 struck out “lower” after “prescribe” in heading and struck out before period at end “which does not exceed the applicable maximum lawful price, if any, under subchapter I of this chapter”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1989 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101–60 effective Jan. 1, 1993, see section 3(b) of Pub. L. 101–60, set out as a note under section 3372 of this title.

§3432 Effect on State Laws