Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 24B > Article 1 - Purpose and Definitions

• Commission: means the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 24B-1-2
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Director: means the director of the gas pipeline safety section of the commission. See West Virginia Code 24B-1-2
• Gas: means natural gas, flammable gas or gas which is toxic or corrosive. See West Virginia Code 24B-1-2
• Hazardous liquid: means :

  (a) Petroleum or any petroleum product. See West Virginia Code 24B-1-2

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Municipality: means a city, county or any other political subdivision of the state. See West Virginia Code 24B-1-2
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, state, municipality, cooperative association or joint-stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or personal representative thereof. See West Virginia Code 24B-1-2
• Pipeline facilities: means , without limitation, new and existing pipe, pipe rights-of-way and any equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of gas or the treatment of gas during the course of transportation, or used in the transportation of hazardous liquid or the treatment of hazardous liquid during the course of transportation. See West Virginia Code 24B-1-2
• rights-of-way: as used in this chapter does not authorize the commission to prescribe the location or routing of any pipeline facility. See West Virginia Code 24B-1-2
• Secretary: means the United States secretary of transportation. See West Virginia Code 24B-1-2
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Transportation of gas: means the gathering, transmission or distribution of gas by pipeline or its storage. See West Virginia Code 24B-1-2
• Transportation of hazardous liquids: means the movement of hazardous liquids by pipeline, or their storage incidental to such movements. See West Virginia Code 24B-1-2
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.