HB-4900, As Passed House, February 10, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4900

                                                                             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 sections 2 and 3 (MCL 429.112 and 429.113).                     

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 2.  (1)  No A person  except the owner thereof or                     

2   persons authorized in writing by the owner shall fill or refill             

3   with shall not transfer liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas, or            

4   any other gas or compound, out of or into a stationary liquefied            

5   petroleum or carbonic gas container  ; or without the written              

6   authorization of the owner of the container.                                

7   (2) A person shall not buy, sell, offer for sale, give,                     

8   take, loan, deliver, or permit to be delivered, or otherwise                

9   dispose of or traffic in a stationary liquefied petroleum or                

House Bill No. 4900 (H-1) as amended February 10, 2004

1   carbonic gas container or containers unless the surface of the

2   container  shall bear upon the surface thereof is marked in                

3   plainly legible characters with the name, initials, mark, or                

4   other device of the owner.  ; nor shall any

5   (3) A person, other than the owner of a stationary liquefied                

6   petroleum or carbonic gas container or a person authorized in               

7   writing by the owner, shall not deface, erase, obliterate, cover            

8   up, or otherwise remove or conceal any name, mark, initial, or              

9   device  thereon marked on the surface of the container.                    

10  (4) An individual shall not transfer liquified petroleum or                 

11  carbonic gas, or any other gas or compound, out of or into a                

12  stationary liquified petroleum or carbonic gas container unless             

13  he or she is trained in proper handling and operating procedures            

14  in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of                   

15  environmental quality.

16      Sec. 3.   Any A person who  shall fail to comply with any                  

17  of the foregoing provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of           

18  a misdemeanor violates this act is guilty of a felony punishable           

19  by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more             

20  Than $1,000.00, or both.  Each  container possessed shall be                

21   considered violation is a separate offense.

    [Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect July 1, 2004.]