December 8, 2005, Introduced by Senator ALLEN and referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Small Business and Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1959 PA 241, entitled
"An act relating to the marking of containers used for liquefied
petroleum or carbonic gas; to prohibit the defacing, erasing or
other removal of such mark, and the filling, refilling, trafficking
in or use of such containers without the authority of the owner;
and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof,"
by amending the title and section 2 (MCL 429.112).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
TITLE
An act relating to the marking of stationary containers used
for liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas; to prohibit the defacing,
erasing, or
other removal of such mark, and those marks; to
prohibit the filling, refilling, trafficking in, or
use of such
those
containers without the
authority;
of the owner; and to
provide
a penalty for the violation thereof to provide for the
powers and duties of certain state officers; to prohibit violations
and prescribe penalties; and to provide remedies.
Sec.
2. (1) No Except as provided in subsection (5), a
person
except the owner thereof or persons authorized in writing
by
the owner shall fill or refill with shall not transfer
liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas, or any other gas or compound,
out of or into a stationary liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas
container
; or buy, without the
written authorization of the
owner of the container.
(2) A person shall not sell, offer for sale, give, take, loan,
deliver, or
permit to be delivered, or otherwise dispose of or
traffic in a stationary liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas
container
or containers unless the surface
of the container shall
bear
upon the surface thereof is marked
in plainly legible
characters with the name, initials, mark, or other device of the
owner. ;
nor shall any
(3) A person, other than the owner of a stationary liquefied
petroleum or carbonic gas container or a person authorized in
writing by the owner, shall not deface, erase, obliterate, cover
up, or otherwise remove or conceal any name, mark, initial, or
device
thereon marked on the
surface of the container.
(4) An individual shall not transfer liquefied petroleum or
carbonic gas, or any other gas or compound, out of or into a
stationary liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas container unless he
or she is trained in proper handling and operating procedures in
accordance with rules promulgated by the department of
environmental quality.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect July 1,
2006.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.928
of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.