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MS Code § 75-57-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-9. Adoption of national codes and standards; modification of standards by State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board; exemptions

 The codes of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code - Section II Material Specifications; Section VIII Pressure Vessels; and Section IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications; American Petroleum Institute Standard 620 (American Petroleum Institute Recommended Rules for the Design and Construction of Large Welded Low-pressure Storage Tanks); Standards of the National Fuel Gas Code as published by the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA-54; the Standards for the Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas as published by the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA-58; and other National Fire Protection Association standards applicable to liquefied petroleum gas and compressed gas; and the safety requirements for the storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia as published by the American National Standards Institute, Inc.; as the codes and standards referred to herein as revised, and standards referred to above are hereby adopted by reference as specifications for the purpose of material standards, construction, handling, transportation and installation of all liquefied compressed gas systems and inspection and operation of pressure vessels. Copies of all codes and standards referred to in the foregoing are available for public use and inspection at the office of the Commissioner of Insurance. The State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board is fully authorized and empowered in the exercise of its authority granted under this section to change, delete from or amend from time to time the national code and standards adopted by reference in this section. Any changes, deletions or amendments made to the national codes and codes adopted by reference in this section shall be made in strict compliance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, Chapter 43, Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972, and with the approval of the Commissioner of Insurance. The State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board is fully authorized and empowered in the exercise of the authority granted under this section to exempt or grant deviations from the national code and standards adopted by reference in this section with respect to reconditioned or remanufactured railroad tank car pressure vessels designed for and used as stationary storage tanks for agricultural fertilizers.
MS Code § 75-57-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-13. Regulation of storage of gases in underground storage spaces

 It is expressly provided that, subsequent to the issuance of a permit by the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board permitting the creation of such spaces, compressed air, liquefied compressed gases, refined hydrocarbons, oil or gas, or both, and those liquefied compressed gases known as butane or propane or mixtures thereof, may be stored in artificially formed underground storage spaces where such cavities are dissolved in salt beds and that the provisions of Section 53-3-155 shall be applicable for the issuance of a permit for the creation and use of such spaces. The Oil and Gas Board shall exercise jurisdiction over safety precautions regarding the storage and transmission of the compressed air, liquefied compressed gases, refined hydrocarbons, oil or gas, or both, only while it is underground and in the associated wellhead facilities as prescribed and set out in Section 53-1-17(3)(p). The State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board shall be responsible for promulgating and enforcing safety standards beyond the associated wellhead facilities, during transmission above ground and while the compressed air, liquefied compressed gases, refined hydrocarbons, oil and gas is stored above ground.
MS Code § 75-57-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-15. Minimum storage facilities within the state required of certain distributors of liquefied petroleum gas; enforcement

  Before any person, firm or corporation shall enter the liquefied petroleum gas business as a distributor of liquefied petroleum gas, who plans to make retail or wholesale tank truck deliveries to consumer, and before a permit may be granted as required by Section 75-57-49, such person, firm or corporation shall locate, within the State of Mississippi, a propane storage container of not less than fourteen thousand (14,000) water gallons capacity and an aggregate total of propane storage containers of not less than thirty thousand (30,000) water gallons capacity for each such permit granted; and provided further, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to a liquefied petroleum gas distributor operating retail service stations who does not operate a delivery tank truck to ultimate consumer. Storage containers used in connection with industrial, agricultural, manufacturing, processing or commercial enterprises will not necessarily meet the requirements of this section.   All storage facilities shall meet the Insurance Commissioner's approval, and he or she is hereby vested with the sole and exclusive power and authority to administer and enforce the provisions of this section.   Nothing in this section shall affect a permit granted to a person, firm or corporation before July 1, 1991.
MS Code § 75-57-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-17. Minimum working pressures and wall and head thicknesses

 Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, no container shall have a designed working pressure of less than that required for a 100 type. Any container to be charged with a compressed gas which has a vapor pressure at 100 degrees F. of between 151 and 215 pounds per square inch gauge shall not be less than a 200 type. All above-ground containers supplying gases directly to any appliance shall be of the 200 type except containers used in industrial plants such as gins, sawmills, oil well drilling rigs, etc., but such container shall meet all other requirements of this chapter.   It is expressly provided, however, that on and after July 1, 1960, no container manufactured after July 1, 1960, with a working pressure of less than that required for a 200 type container, except refrigerated storage or storage used at refineries, shall be installed or used in this state as a domestic, commercial or industrial stationary container.
MS Code § 75-57-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-29. Location of anhydrous ammonia bulk storage plants within limits of municipalities; venting of tanks

 Anhydrous ammonia bulk storage plants shall not be installed within the limits of any municipality unless such anhydrous ammonia bulk storage plant is located within an industrial park or an industrial area serviced by a municipal fire department. The installation of any such bulk storage plant within the limits of a municipality the construction of which is begun after February 1, 1989, must be approved by the governing authorities of the municipality by ordinance duly spread upon the minutes of such municipality. No anhydrous ammonia bulk storage plant the construction of which is begun after July 1, 1995, shall be located within two hundred (200) feet from any residence, office, store or other regularly occupied building, except buildings occupied by the operator of the bulk storage plant. No anhydrous ammonia tank shall be erected within two hundred (200) feet from any residence, office, store or other regularly occupied building, except buildings occupied by the operator of the bulk storage plant. Such tanks shall be vented in accordance with the requirements of the Commissioner of Insurance.
MS Code § 75-57-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-31. Removal of anhydrous ammonia storage plants from municipalities; regulation of vehicles transporting anhydrous ammonia; investigation of complaints involving storage facilities and subsequent condemnation proceedings

 The governing body of any municipality is authorized to require the removal of any anhydrous ammonia storage plant which may be located within its corporate limits, if, after hearing, it is established that such plant is unsafe in any manner. Any aggrieved person may appeal from such decision of the governing body to the circuit court in the county where such municipality is located. The governing authorities of any municipality are also authorized and empowered to regulate and control the operation of vehicles transporting anhydrous ammonia over the streets of such municipality to restrict the operation of such vehicle to such streets as shall be designated by said authorities and to regulate and restrict the parking of such vehicles upon municipal streets.   The State Board of Health is authorized, empowered and directed to investigate any complaints as to anhydrous ammonia storage facilities when such complaints are in the nature of a nuisance, health or property hazard. If, after an investigation and hearing, it is determined that the complaints are well founded, the State Board of Health shall immediately condemn any such storage facility and the owner or operator thereof shall, within ninety (90) days from date of condemnation, remove such storage facility to a place which will meet the approval of the State Board of Health or immediately empty the storage facility and discontinue its use. When any person fails or refuses to comply with the orders of the State Board of Health, the State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board or Commissioner of Insurance may seek an order of any circuit or chancery court to carry out the orders of the State Board of Health, and the violator shall be assessed all legal expenses, costs of court and all other expenses necessary to effectuate the orders of the State Board of Health.
MS Code § 75-57-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-33. Installing and charging cylinders

 No cylinder installation shall be made unless the cylinders are designed, fabricated, tested and marked in accordance with the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation or the United States Interstate Commerce Commission, and constructed for a designed pressure of not less than two hundred forty (240) pounds per square inch. Cylinders with a water capacity of less than two hundred fifty (250) pounds shall be charged by weight with liquefied petroleum gas only at bulk storage or cylinder filling plants and not from mobile units such as delivery trucks, except cylinders installed as part of a system burning liquefied petroleum gas or compressed natural gas as a motor fuel or for farming purposes such as in flame cultivators or hot air balloon cylinders. Cylinders with a water capacity of two hundred fifty (250) pounds or larger may be charged at the installation from mobile units, provided they are equipped with a fixed liquid level gauging device and a filling valve, which is designed in accordance with the national standards and codes, in addition to other required or acceptable valves and fittings. Cylinders with a water capacity of two hundred fifty (250) pounds or larger, in addition to having all the necessary valves and fittings, must be installed permanently in accordance with the national standard and codes.
MS Code § 75-57-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-35. Applicability of regulations of State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board and of national associations

 Wherein sections of this chapter do not exceed those requirements of the current published regulations of the National Fire Protection Association applicable to liquefied petroleum gas, the laws and regulations of the State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board shall be followed.   When amendments are made to the liquefied petroleum gas regulations of the National Fire Protection Association, such amendments may be adopted, provided they do not conflict with other sections of this chapter. Should a conflict occur between the National Fire Protection Association regulations or any regulations referred to in this chapter and the liquefied petroleum gas regulations of the State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board, then the State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board's regulation shall govern. The inspection and approval of the inspectors in accordance with this chapter shall be in addition to approvals and listings of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., American Gas Association or other national testing laboratories. Provided further, that all compressed gas containers covered by this chapter shall be approved by the inspectors provided for herein.
MS Code § 75-57-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-37. Exempt containers

 All containers and pertinent equipment owned or in use by the government of the United States of America are exempt from the provisions of this chapter. Liquefied petroleum gas containers using liquefied petroleum gas as a fuel to propel recreational vehicles, automobiles, trucks and other vehicles, or used as a source of fuel to produce light, heat, power, refrigeration of air conditioning on mobile homes, recreational vehicles, campers, etc., that are in interstate travel, and designed, fabricated, tested and marked in accordance with the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) or the United States Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and all cylinders with a water capacity of less than two hundred fifty (250) pounds, when used for other than motor fuel purposes in this state, are exempt from inspection.
MS Code § 75-57-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-57. Sanctions and remedies for failure to obtain permit

 Any person, firm or corporation operating or engaging in the business of selling or installing liquefied compressed gas containers or systems, or in the business of selling or distributing liquefied compressed gas or appliances without first having secured a permit from the State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board as provided by this chapter, or any person, firm or corporation who shall be convicted for a second or subsequent offense of willfully violating any of the provisions of this chapter, may be enjoined from engaging in the business as a distributor of liquefied compressed gas or appliances, either wholesale or retail, or in the business of selling or installing liquefied compressed gas containers, appliances or systems in the State of Mississippi for a period of not less than one (1) year, nor more than five (5) years. Any judge or chancellor in this state, authorized to grant injunctions, may grant an injunction as authorized by this section, provided that no such injunction shall be granted unless proper notice as required by law shall have first been given to such person, firm or corporation.
MS Code § 75-57-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-61. Minimum storage requirements and facilities for nonresident distributors

  Whenever the existing or future laws, rules or regulations of any other state of the United States shall require minimum storage facilities, of any type, character or kind, whether fixed or permanent, in connection with the distribution of liquefied compressed gas at retail, of a resident of this state, then in every such case where the residents engaging in the distribution of liquefied petroleum gas at retail of such state desire to engage in or continue to do business in this state, under permit as required by Section 75-57-49, the nonresident distributor of liquefied petroleum gas at retail shall be required to establish within the State of Mississippi the same minimum storage requirements and facilities imposed by the laws, rules or regulations of such state upon residents of this state.   This section shall be enforced by the State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board and all such storage facilities required to be established within the State of Mississippi shall meet the approval of the State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board.
MS Code § 75-57-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|In General|§ 75-57-63. Unlawful trust and combine; impeding competition or monopolizing sales of liquefied petroleum gases or liquefied petroleum gas appliances

 Any corporation, domestic or foreign, or any individual, partnership or association of persons whatsoever who with intent to engross or forestall or impede the competitive sale of or monopolize the sale of liquefied petroleum gases or liquefied petroleum gas consumer appliances in the State of Mississippi or in any community in the State of Mississippi, or, without such intent, either directly or indirectly accomplishes such result to a degree inimical to public welfare by purchasing or offering to purchase the equipment or installation of any consumer and obtaining the exclusive right to serve or make sales to said consumer, shall be deemed and held a trust and combine within the meaning and purpose of Section 75-21-3 and shall be liable to the pains, penalties, fines, forfeitures, judgments and recoveries denounced against trusts and combines and shall be proceeded against in the manner and form provided as in the case of other trusts and combines under the terms of Chapter 21 of Title 75.
MS Code § 75-57-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board|§ 75-57-103. Employment of executive director and staff by Commissioner of Insurance

 For the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner of Insurance is empowered to employ an executive director and staff, within the Department of Insurance, as state service employees under the purview of the State Personnel Board's rules and regulations.
MS Code § 75-57-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board|§ 75-57-105. Promulgation and enforcement of regulations by board; conduct of hearings by board

  The board shall promulgate and enforce regulations necessary for the administration of this chapter, and also setting forth the minimum general safety standards for the design, construction, location, installation and operation of equipment for storing, handling, transporting by tank truck or tank trailer and utilizing liquefied compressed gas for fuel purposes and for the odorization of liquefied compressed gas.   The board's regulations shall be in substantial conformity with the published Standards of the National Fire Protection Association for the Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases (NFPA 58) and with the National Fuel Gas Code (NFPA 54) as recommended by the National Fire Protection Association, adopted in accordance with the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law. The board shall consider the adoption of revised versions of these standards as they are adopted by the National Fire Protection Association; the board may consider the adoption of other standards for matters not addressed by the above standards or amend the above standards if deemed to be in the best interest of the State of Mississippi and with the approval of the Commissioner of Insurance.   The board is authorized to hold hearings, call witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony and obtain evidence in the conduct of its business.
MS Code § 75-57-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board|§ 75-57-107. Authority of board to impose penalties and take other disciplinary actions

 The board is authorized to impose monetary penalties and take such other disciplinary actions as authorized by this chapter.   Any person found by the board in violation of this chapter or any regulations promulgated by the board shall be subject to the following civil penalties:   For a first offense, a penalty not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00);   For a second offense, a penalty not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00); and   For a third or subsequent offense, a penalty not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).   Any person who violates or remains in violation of the provisions hereof may be directed by written notice from the board, stating the facts of such violation, to correct the violation. The notice may be served personally or by U.S. Mail with return receipt requested to the principal office or the person or to their residence.
MS Code § 75-57-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board|§ 75-57-109. Establishment of system of permits for those engaged in the liquefied compressed gas business; issuance and revocation of permits; establishment of bonding, insurance and training requirements for permit holders

  The board may establish by regulation a system of permits for those engaged in the liquefied compressed gas business in the state. If adopted, and approved by the Commissioner of Insurance, no one may engage in the liquefied compressed gas business without first having obtained a permit from the board. No person shall be denied a permit if he or she meets the requirements of state law.   The board may revoke a liquefied compressed gas permit for willful violation of this chapter or the regulations or for failure to comply with the chapter or regulations. The revocation may be made only after written notice to the affected party, an opportunity to respond in writing to the charges and a hearing before the board under the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act. The revocation shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Insurance.   The board may establish reasonable bonding, insurance limits and personnel training qualifications for permit holders. These requirements are subject to approval of the Commissioner of Insurance.
MS Code § 75-57-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board|§ 75-57-111. Consistency of state and federal regulations

 In order to increase compliance and to reduce the burden of regulation, the board shall seek consistency between its regulations and those regulations adopted by the departments and agencies of the United States Government.
MS Code § 75-57-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 57 - Liquefied Petroleum Gases|State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board|§ 75-57-113. Regulation of price, allocation of markets or terms and conditions of service

 No regulations may be issued affecting the price or allocation of liquefied compressed gas, allocation of markets between liquefied compressed gas suppliers or the terms and conditions of providing liquefied compressed gas service.