Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:602

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of conservation of the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:503
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Gas: means any gas derived from or composed of hydrocarbons, including synthetic gas which is produced from coal, lignite, or petroleum coke and the heat content of which synthetic gas does not exceed 800 BTUs per standard cubic foot. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:503
  • Natural gas company: means a person engaged in the production or sale of intrastate natural gas. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:591

Any party to a contract of sale complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any natural gas company in contravention of the provisions of this Part may apply to the commissioner by petition, which shall briefly state the facts, whereupon a statement of the complaint thus made shall be forwarded by the commissioner to such natural gas company, which shall be called upon to satisfy the complaint or to answer the same in writing within a reasonable time to be specified by the commissioner.

Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.