SENATE BILL No. 927

 

 

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.