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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 1GENERAL LAND OFFICE
CHAPTER 8GAS MARKETING PROGRAM
RULE §8.2Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

  (1) Comptroller--The Comptroller of Public Accounts.

  (2) Contract--Any new or existing contract, agreement, tariff, rate, or other arrangement for the acquisition, sale, supply, or transportation of natural gas.

    (A) New contract--

      (i) a contract that was not executed by all the necessary parties prior to September 1, 1991; or

      (ii) the renewal of an existing contract, whether or not affirmative action required for such renewal.

    (B) Existing contract--A contract that was executed by all the necessary parties prior to September 1, 1991.

  (3) General Land Office or GLO--The General Land Office, 1700 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701-1495.

  (4) Mcf--Thousand cubic feet.

  (5) MMBtu equivalent--That volume of gas, measured in British thermal units, that is equivalent to one Mcf.

  (6) Production of energy--Includes, but is not limited to, the production of heat or electricity through the direct burning of natural gas or its use as fuel in generators or boilers.

  (7) State gas--Natural gas produced from land leased from:

    (A) the School Land Board;

    (B) a board for lease other than the Board for Lease of University Lands; or

    (C) the owner of the soil of lands subject to the Relinquishment Act of 1919 (Texas Natural Resources Code, §§52.171 - 52.190); or

    (D) other gas acquired by GLO for resale.

  (8) State gas price--The price offered or obtained by GLO in its sales contracts.


Source Note: The provisions of this §8.2 adopted to be effective September 30, 1992, 17 TexReg 6450; amended to be effective December 19, 2005, 30 TexReg 8439

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