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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 480 - Motor Carrier Safety › Act 181 of 1963 - Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1963 (480.11 - 480.25) › Section 480.19 - Notification of Incident; Definition.

480.19 Notification of incident; definition.
Sec. 9.
(1) Immediately following any of the following occurrences involving the transportation of hazardous materials, the owner, driver, or lessee, or representative of the owner, driver, or lessee, shall notify the motor carrier division of the department of state police and the organized fire department of the area in which the incident occurred of the known details regarding the incident:
(a) A person is killed.
(b) A person is hospitalized due to an injury.
(c) A person is hospitalized due to hazardous material contamination or exposure.
(d) There is an unintentional release of hazardous materials that affects highway transportation safety or is caused, or believed to be caused, by a violation of this act or a rule promulgated under this act.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “notify the motor carrier division of the department of state police” includes contacting the local state police post, the operations section of the department of state police, or the motor carrier division headquarters by telephone, facsimile machine, or other means.
History:
1963, Act 181, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1996
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of public service commission, department of licensing and regulatory affairs, under motor carrier safety act, 1963 PA 181, to Michigan state police, see E.R.O. No. 2015-3, compiled at MCL 460.21.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 480 - Motor Carrier Safety › Act 181 of 1963 - Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1963 (480.11 - 480.25) › Section 480.20 - Vehicle Combination Transporting Combustible Liquid; Requirements; Information Required to Be on File; Retention and Transfer of Information; Applicability of Requirements in Subsections (2) and (3); Transport of Flammable Liquids, Gases, or Compressed Gases.

480.20 Vehicle combination transporting combustible liquid; requirements; information required to be on file; retention and transfer of information; applicability of requirements in subsections (2) and (3); transport of flammable liquids, gases, or compressed gases.
Sec. 10.
(1) A truck tractor pulling a semitrailer and a trailer, or pulling 2 semitrailers, shall not transport a combustible liquid unless the vehicle combination meets the following requirements:
(a) Is equipped with a device that restricts the horizontal and vertical rotation of the dolly assemblage of the vehicle combination in a manner that maintains the longitudinal tracking of the dolly and semitrailer in a truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer combination, or the dolly and the truck in a truck and trailer combination. This device shall be welded to the vehicle in a workmanlike manner, and the efficiency of a weld shall not be less than 85% of the mechanical properties of the adjacent metal in the chassis.
(b) Is equipped with stops in the spring hangers of each semitrailer and trailer in the vehicle combination in a manner that improves the stability of the vehicle combination by reducing the free play of the leaf spring suspension to a maximum of 3/4 of an inch when the spring passes from tension to compression.
(2) The owner of the semitrailer or trailer to which the device described in subsection (1) is attached shall keep on file in their principal place of business the following information:
(a) Specifications and plans of the device.
(b) Name of the manufacturer of the device.
(c) Date of installation of the device.
(d) An individual manufacturer identification number which is stamped or permanently affixed to the device.
(3) The information required in subsection (2) shall be kept by the vehicle's owner and shall be transferred to the new owner if the vehicle is sold, or may be destroyed if the vehicle is retired from service or scrapped.
(4) The requirements specified in subsections (2) and (3) apply to devices affixed to vehicles on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection.
(5) Commercial motor vehicles used to transport flammable liquids, flammable gases, or compressed flammable gases shall also comply with section 722a of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.722a of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1984 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1996
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of public service commission, department of licensing and regulatory affairs, under motor carrier safety act, 1963 PA 181, to Michigan state police, see E.R.O. No. 2015-3, compiled at MCL 460.21.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 480 - Motor Carrier Safety › Act 181 of 1963 - Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1963 (480.11 - 480.25) › Section 480.22 - Transfer of Hazardous Material; Prohibitions; Exceptions; Overfilling Container; Violation; Penalty.

480.22 Transfer of hazardous material; prohibitions; exceptions; overfilling container; violation; penalty.
Sec. 12.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person, driver, owner, carrier, lessee, or lessor shall not transfer or allow to be transferred a hazardous material from a cargo tank, portable tank, or any other container to any cargo tank, portable tank, fuel tank, or any other container on a highway, road, street, or alley within this state.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following transfer situations:
(a) Fueling machinery or equipment for construction, farm, and maintenance use.
(b) Fueling emergency vehicles.
(c) Under emergency conditions, a transfer may be made provided it is approved by the local fire chief, the bureau of fire services created in section 1b of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1b, or a hazardous materials investigator of the motor carrier division of the department of state police pursuant to their respective authority under the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1 to 29.34.
(3) A person shall not overfill a container, including a storage tank, during a transfer of a hazardous material from or into a vehicle, so that hazardous material is released from the package or container.
(4) The penalty for violating this section is as prescribed in section 7c.
History:
Add. 1995, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1996 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 204, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of state fire marshal to department of labor and economic growth, bureau of construction codes and fire safety, by type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.For transfer of powers and duties of public service commission, department of licensing and regulatory affairs, under motor carrier safety act, 1963 PA 181, to Michigan state police, see E.R.O. No. 2015-3, compiled at MCL 460.21.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 480 - Motor Carrier Safety › Act 181 of 1963 - Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1963 (480.11 - 480.25) › Section 480.23 - Transporting Hazardous Materials in Amount Requiring Placard on Publicly Maintained Route; Prohibition; Violation; Penalty.

480.23 Transporting hazardous materials in amount requiring placard on publicly maintained route; prohibition; violation; penalty.
Sec. 13.
(1) A person, driver, owner, carrier, lessee, or lessor shall not transport or allow to be transported a vehicle carrying hazardous materials in an amount required to be placarded under title 49 of the code of federal regulations on a publicly maintained route as identified on the national hazardous materials route registry as determined by the department of transportation under title 49 CFR.
(2) The penalty for violating this section shall be as prescribed in section 7c.
History:
Add. 2005, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of public service commission, department of licensing and regulatory affairs, under motor carrier safety act, 1963 PA 181, to Michigan state police, see E.R.O. No. 2015-3, compiled at MCL 460.21.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 480 - Motor Carrier Safety › Act 181 of 1963 - Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1963 (480.11 - 480.25) › Section 480.24 - Enforcement of State Civil Infraction.

480.24 Enforcement of state civil infraction.
Sec. 14.
A state civil infraction shall be enforced in the manner provided for enforcement of state civil infractions in chapter 88 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.8801 to 600.8835.
History:
Add. 2005, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 559, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of public service commission, department of licensing and regulatory affairs, under motor carrier safety act, 1963 PA 181, to Michigan state police, see E.R.O. No. 2015-3, compiled at MCL 460.21.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 480 - Motor Carrier Safety › Act 181 of 1963 - Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1963 (480.11 - 480.25) › Section 480.25 - Prevention of Water or Road Surface Substances Being Thrown From Rear Wheels.

480.25 Prevention of water or road surface substances being thrown from rear wheels.
Sec. 15.
A truck, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or any combination of these, when used on a highway, shall be constructed, equipped, or operated to prevent water or other road surface substances from being thrown from the rear wheels of the vehicle or combination at tangents exceeding 22-1/2 degrees measured from the road surface. If a flap type device is used, it shall not have attached any type of lamp, breakable reflective material, or reflecting buttons nor may the device extend beyond the maximum width of the vehicle or combination.
History:
Add. 2005, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties of public service commission, department of licensing and regulatory affairs, under motor carrier safety act, 1963 PA 181, to Michigan state police, see E.R.O. No. 2015-3, compiled at MCL 460.21.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 482 - Bills of Lading › Act 165 of 1911 - Uniform Bills of Lading Act (482.1 - 482.56) › Section 482.1-482.43 - Repealed. 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.

482.1-482.43 Repealed. 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to uniform bills of lading act.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 482 - Bills of Lading › Act 165 of 1911 - Uniform Bills of Lading Act (482.1 - 482.56) › Section 482.44 - Bills; Issuance for Goods Not Received, Penalty.

482.44 Bills; issuance for goods not received, penalty.
Sec. 44.
Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a bill knowing that all or any part of the goods for which such bill is issued have not been received by such carrier, or by an agent of such carrier or by a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing such bill, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or by both.
History:
1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8217 ;-- CL 1929, 11559 ;-- CL 1948, 482.44
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 482 - Bills of Lading › Act 165 of 1911 - Uniform Bills of Lading Act (482.1 - 482.56) › Section 482.45 - Bills; False Statement, Penalty.

482.45 Bills; false statement, penalty.
Sec. 45.
Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a bill for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or by a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars, or by both.
History:
1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8218 ;-- CL 1929, 11560 ;-- CL 1948, 482.45
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 482 - Bills of Lading › Act 165 of 1911 - Uniform Bills of Lading Act (482.1 - 482.56) › Section 482.46 - Bills; Issuance of Duplicate Not So Marked, Penalty.

482.46 Bills; issuance of duplicate not so marked, penalty.
Sec. 46.
Any officer, agent, or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable bill for goods in violation of the provisions of section 7, knowing that a former negotiable bill for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or by both.
History:
1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8219 ;-- CL 1929, 11561 ;-- CL 1948, 482.46
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 482 - Bills of Lading › Act 165 of 1911 - Uniform Bills of Lading Act (482.1 - 482.56) › Section 482.47 - Bills; Negotiation Without Title, Penalty.

482.47 Bills; negotiation without title, penalty.
Sec. 47.
Any person who ships goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a negotiable bill which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or by a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars, or by both.
History:
1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8220 ;-- CL 1929, 11562 ;-- CL 1948, 482.47
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 482 - Bills of Lading › Act 165 of 1911 - Uniform Bills of Lading Act (482.1 - 482.56) › Section 482.48 - Bills; Negotiation When Goods Not in Carrier's Possession, Penalty.

482.48 Bills; negotiation when goods not in carrier's possession, penalty.
Sec. 48.
Any person who with intent to deceive negotiates or transfers for value a bill knowing that any or all of the goods which by the terms of such bill appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier which issued the bill, are not in the possession or control of such carrier, or of a connecting carrier, without disclosing this fact, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or by both.
History:
1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8221 ;-- CL 1929, 11563 ;-- CL 1948, 482.48
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 482 - Bills of Lading › Act 165 of 1911 - Uniform Bills of Lading Act (482.1 - 482.56) › Section 482.49 - Bills; Inducing Carrier to Issue When Goods Have Not Been Received, Penalty.

482.49 Bills; inducing carrier to issue when goods have not been received, penalty.
Sec. 49.
Any person who with intent to defraud secures the issue by a carrier of a bill, knowing that at the time of such issue any or all of the goods described in such bill as received for transportation have not been received by such carrier, or an agent of such carrier or a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control, by inducing an officer, agent or servant of such carrier falsely to believe that such goods have been received by such carrier, or are under its control, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or by both.
History:
1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8222 ;-- CL 1929, 11564 ;-- CL 1948, 482.49
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 482 - Bills of Lading › Act 165 of 1911 - Uniform Bills of Lading Act (482.1 - 482.56) › Section 482.50 - Bills; Issuance of Non-Negotiable Bill Not So Marked, Penalty.

482.50 Bills; issuance of non-negotiable bill not so marked, penalty.
Sec. 50.
Any person who with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a non-negotiable bill without the words “not negotiable” placed plainly upon the face thereof, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars, or by both.
History:
1911, Act 165, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 8223 ;-- CL 1929, 11565 ;-- CL 1948, 482.50
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 482 - Bills of Lading › Act 165 of 1911 - Uniform Bills of Lading Act (482.1 - 482.56) › Section 482.51-482.56 - Repealed. 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.

482.51-482.56 Repealed. 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to uniform bills of lading act of 1911.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.1 - Definitions; Crude Oil, Petroleum, or Carbon Dioxide Substances; Buying, Selling, or Transporting; Applicability of Subsection (2).

483.1 Definitions; crude oil, petroleum, or carbon dioxide substances; buying, selling, or transporting; applicability of subsection (2).
Sec. 1.
(1) As used in this act:
(a) "Carbon dioxide substance" means a gaseous or liquid substance, consisting primarily of carbon dioxide, that will be put in storage or that has been or will be used to produce hydrocarbons in a secondary or enhanced recovery operation.
(b) "Commission" means the Michigan public service commission.
(c) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.
(2) A person exercising or claiming the right to carry or transport crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances, by or through pipe line or lines, for hire, compensation or otherwise, or exercising or claiming the right to engage in the business of piping, transporting, or storing crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances, or engaging in the business of buying, selling, or dealing in crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances within this state, does not have or possess the right to conduct or engage in the business or operations, in whole or in part, or have or possess the right to locate, maintain, or operate the necessary pipe lines, fixtures, and equipment belonging to, or used in connection with that business on, over, along, across, through, in or under any present or future highway, or part thereof, or elsewhere, within this state, or have or possess the right of eminent domain, or any other right, concerning the business or operations, in whole or in part, except as authorized by and subject to this act.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a right that exists on March 27, 1929 and is valid, vested, and incapable of revocation by any law of this state or of the United States.
History:
1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11652 ;-- CL 1948, 483.1 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.2 - Condemnation for Acquisition of Right-of-Ways; Proceedings.

483.2 Condemnation for acquisition of right-of-ways; proceedings.
Sec. 2.
(1) A person described in section 1 is granted the right to condemn property by eminent domain and the use of the highways in this state to acquire necessary rights-of-way for any of the following purposes:
(a) To transport crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances.
(b) To locate, lay, construct, maintain, and operate pipelines for the purposes of subdivision (a).
(2) Condemnation proceedings under subsection (1) shall be conducted as provided in the uniform condemnation procedures act, 1980 PA 87, MCL 213.51 to 213.75.
History:
1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11653 ;-- CL 1948, 483.2 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 84, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.2a - "Pipeline” Defined; Notice to Property Owners; Offer of Easement.

483.2a "Pipeline” defined; notice to property owners; offer of easement.
Sec. 2a.
(1) As used in this section and section 2b, "pipeline" means a pipeline used or to be used to transport crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances.
(2) A person who is conducting survey work for a proposed pipeline under this act shall notify all affected property owners in writing before a survey crew enters the owner's property.
(3) Any offer to a landowner for an easement for the purpose of locating, laying, constructing, maintaining, and operating pipelines on agricultural property shall include all of the following information:
(a) The anticipated physical impact of pipeline construction on the landowner's property.
(b) Written assurance that any agricultural drainage tile that is damaged or removed during the construction or repair of a pipeline will be repaired or replaced to preconstruction working condition. As used in this subdivision, "drainage tile" includes any surface or subsurface system by which the movement of water is redirected.
(c) Written assurance that topsoil that is disturbed by construction or repair of a pipeline is properly separated and replaced. As used in this subdivision, "topsoil" means surface soil that is presumed to be fertile as distinguished from subsoil.
(d) The method by which property will be appraised.
(e) For property used to produce crops prior to construction of a pipeline, an estimate of the value of the loss of the productivity based on the historic yield of the site before construction of a pipeline. The agricultural property owner shall provide historic crop yield values upon request.
(f) That payment will be made for all damages incurred after construction of the pipeline because of the pipeline owner's or operator's entry upon the property to exercise easement rights, except that the owner or operator of the pipeline may maintain a clear right-of-way without further compensating the landowner.
(g) That the landowner has rights under the uniform condemnation procedures act, 1980 PA 87, MCL 213.51 to 213.75, and a copy of that act.
History:
Add. 1997, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 1997 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.2b - Minimizing Physical Impact and Economic Damage; Good Faith Effort by Pipeline Company.

483.2b Minimizing physical impact and economic damage; good faith effort by pipeline company.
Sec. 2b.
A pipeline company shall make a good-faith effort to minimize the physical impact and economic damage that result from the construction and repair of a pipeline.
History:
Add. 1997, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Nov. 5, 1997
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.3 - Control, Investigation, and Regulation by Michigan Public Service Commission; Private Business Excepted.

483.3 Control, investigation, and regulation by Michigan public service commission; private business excepted.
Sec. 3.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the commission is granted the power to control, investigate, and regulate a person doing any of the following:
(a) Exercising or claiming the right to carry or transport crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances, by or through pipe line or lines, for hire, compensation, or otherwise within this state.
(b) Exercising or claiming the right to engage in the business of piping, transporting, or storing crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances within this state.
(c) Engaging in the business of buying, selling, or dealing in crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances within this state.
(2) Producers or refiners of crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances or operators of private trunk or gathering lines or other methods of conveying those products, are not subject to this act if the nature and extent of their business is private and no public interest is involved in the conduct of the business.
History:
1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11654 ;-- CL 1948, 483.3 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
Compiler's Notes:
The public utilities commission, referred to in this section, was abolished and its powers and duties transferred to the public service commission by MCL 460.4.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.4 - Common Purchaser Defined; Purchase Without Discrimination.

483.4 Common purchaser defined; purchase without discrimination.
Sec. 4.
A person claiming or exercising the right to carry or transport crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances, by pipe line or pipe lines, for hire, compensation, or otherwise, in this state, as owner, lessee, licensee, or by virtue of any other right or claim, or engaging in the business of purchasing or storing crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances is a common purchaser thereof. The person shall purchase all the crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances in the vicinity of, or which may be reasonably reached by its pipe lines, or gathering branches, without discrimination in favor of any producer or other person as against another, and shall fully perform all the duties of a common purchaser. However, if the person is unable to perform the duties of a common purchaser or is legally excused from purchasing, transporting, or storing all of the crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances produced in the vicinity, then it shall purchase, transport, or store crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances from each producer or other person ratably, in proportion to the average daily production. A common purchaser shall not discriminate in price or amount for like grades of crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances or facilities as between producers or other persons. If a common purchaser is also a producer, it shall not discriminate in favor of its own production, or storage, or any production or storage in which it is interested directly or indirectly in whole or in part, and shall treat its own production and storage like that of any other producer or other person.
History:
1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11655 ;-- CL 1948, 483.4 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.5 - Common Carrier Defined; Carrier Without Discrimination.

483.5 Common carrier defined; carrier without discrimination.
Sec. 5.
A person engaged in the business of carrying or transporting crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances, for hire or compensation or otherwise, by pipe line or lines, within this state, is a common carrier thereof as at common law. Such a common carrier shall not allow or commit any unjust or unlawful discrimination, directly or indirectly, in favor of the carriage, transportation, storage, or delivery of any crude, stock, or storage oil, or petroleum, or any products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances that are in its possession or control, or in which the common carrier is interested, directly or indirectly.
History:
1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11656 ;-- CL 1948, 483.5 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.6 - Acceptance of Act; Plat, Filing.

483.6 Acceptance of act; plat, filing.
Sec. 6.
Before any corporation, association or person shall have, possess, enjoy or exercise the right of eminent domain, right-of-way, right to locate, maintain, or operate pipe lines, fixtures or equipment appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, as authorized by the provisions of this act, or shall have, possess, enjoy or exercise any right conferred by this act, every such corporation, association or person, shall file in the office of the Michigan public utilities commission, an explicit authorized acceptance of the provisions of this act; and in cases of pipe lines a plat showing in detail the points within this state between which, and the route along which, the trunk line or trunk lines are proposed to be constructed, the intended size and capacity thereof, and the location and capacity of all pumping stations, gate valves, check valves and connections and appliances of all kinds used, or to be used, on said trunk line or lines; and upon demand of the commission the proper party or parties, as required by said commission, shall promptly file a plat showing in detail all the lines owned and operated by them respectively, with full and explicit information as to their capacity, size and location, and the valves and connections, of all kinds, respectively required or used in the operation thereof.
History:
1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11657 ;-- CL 1948, 483.6
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.7 - Penalties; Civil Liability.

483.7 Penalties; civil liability.
Sec. 7.
Any corporation, association or person, violating any provision of this act or any order or regulation of the commission made pursuant thereto, shall be deemed guilty of an unlawful act and shall be liable to a penalty of not less than 100 dollars, nor more than 20,000 dollars. Any officer, agent, representative, employee or servant of any corporation or association or any person who causes, aids or assists, or participates in any such illegal act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine of not less than 100 dollars nor more than 1,000 dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail not less than 30 days, nor more than 1 year, or to both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Said penalty shall be exclusive of civil liability.
History:
1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11658 ;-- CL 1948, 483.7
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.8 - Public Utilities Commission; Rules and Orders.

483.8 Public utilities commission; rules and orders.
Sec. 8.
The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to make all rules, regulations, and orders, necessary to give effect to and enforce the provisions of this act.
History:
1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11659 ;-- CL 1948, 483.8
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.9 - Public Utilities Commission; Employment of Assistants.

483.9 Public utilities commission; employment of assistants.
Sec. 9.
The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to employ such clerks, inspectors, and experts as may be necessary to carry out and administer the provisions of this act.
History:
1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11660 ;-- CL 1948, 483.9
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 16 of 1929 - Crude Oil and Petroleum (483.1 - 483.11) › Section 483.11 - Immediate Effect.

483.11 Immediate effect.
Sec. 11.
An emergency is hereby declared, by reason whereof it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, safety, convenience and welfare that this act take immediate effect.
History:
1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11662 ;-- CL 1948, 483.11
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.101 - Natural Gas; Buying, Selling or Transporting.

483.101 Natural gas; buying, selling or transporting.
Sec. 1.
Every corporation, association or person, now or hereafter exercising or claiming the right to carry or transport natural gas by or through pipe line or lines, for hire, compensation or otherwise, or now or hereafter exercising or claiming the right to engage in the business of piping or transporting natural gas, or any other person or persons, now or hereafter engaging in the business of buying and selling or transporting natural gas within the limits of this state, shall not have or possess the right to conduct or engage in said business or operations, in whole or in part, as above described, or have or possess the right to locate, maintain or operate the necessary pipe lines, fixtures and equipment thereto belonging, or use in connection therewith, concerning the said business of carrying or transporting natural gas as aforesaid, on, over, along, across, through, in or under any present or future highway, or part thereof, or elsewhere, within the state, or have or possess the right of eminent domain, or any other right or rights, concerning said business or operation, in whole or in part, except as authorized by and subject to the provisions of this act, except, further, and only such right or rights as may already exist which are valid, vested, and incapable of revocation by any law of this state or of the United States.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11632 ;-- CL 1948, 483.101
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.102 - Condemnation to Acquire Rights-of-Way, Use of Highways; Limitation to Intrastate Transportation.

483.102 Condemnation to acquire rights-of-way, use of highways; limitation to intrastate transportation.
Sec. 2.
For the purpose of acquiring necessary right-of-ways, every such corporation, association or person is hereby granted the right of condemnation by eminent domain, and the use of the highways in this state, for the purpose of transporting natural gas by pipe lines, and for locating, laying, constructing, maintaining and operating the same; and such condemnation proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure and in the same manner as is provided by the laws of this state for the condemnation of right-of-ways by railroad companies: Provided, however, That no corporation, association or person shall be granted such right of condemnation by eminent domain or the right to use the highways of this state to lay or construct, maintain or operate a pipe line or lines for the transmission or transportation of natural gas unless and except such pipe line or lines are to be used solely and exclusively for the transmission, transportation and distribution of natural gas within the state of Michigan.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11633 ;-- CL 1948, 483.102
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.103 - Control Vested in Public Utilities Commission; Scope; Limitations.

483.103 Control vested in public utilities commission; scope; limitations.
Sec. 3.
There is hereby granted to and vested in the Michigan public utilities commission, hereinafter styled the “commission,” the power to control and regulate corporations, associations and persons engaged, directly or indirectly, in the business of purchasing or selling or transporting natural gas for public use; and said commission shall investigate any alleged neglect or violation of the laws of the state by any corporation, association or person purchasing or selling natural gas and transmitting or conveying the same by pipe line or lines for public use: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent oil and gas operators or producers of gas from laying pipe lines to transport or transmit gas to drilling wells within this state: And provided further, That factories or industries in this state may transport or transmit gas through pipe lines for their own use in plants located wholly within this state without constituting themselves a common purchaser within the terms of this act.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11634 ;-- CL 1948, 483.103
Compiler's Notes:
The public utilities commission, referred to in this section, was abolished and its powers and duties transferred to the public service commission by MCL 460.4.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.104 - Common Purchaser; Definition; Purchase Without Discrimination.

483.104 Common purchaser; definition; purchase without discrimination.
Sec. 4.
Every corporation, association or person, now or hereafter claiming or exercising the right to carry or transport natural gas by pipe line or lines, for hire, compensation, or otherwise, within the limits of this state, as owner, lessee, licensee, or by virtue of any other right or claim, or now engaged or hereafter engaging in the business of purchasing and selling natural gas shall be a common purchaser thereof, and shall purchase all the natural gas in the vicinity of, or which may be reasonably reached by its pipe lines, or gathering branches, without discrimination in favor of 1 producer or 1 person as against another, and shall fully perform all the duties of a common purchaser; but if it shall be unable to perform the same, or be legally excused from purchasing and transporting all the natural gas produced or offered, then it shall purchase and transport natural gas from each person or producer ratably, in proportion to the average production, and such common purchasers are hereby expressly prohibited from discriminating in price or amount for like grades of natural gas or facilities as between producers or persons; and in the event it is likewise a producer, it is hereby prohibited from discrimination in favor of its own production, or production in which it may be interested directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, and its own production shall be treated as that of any other person or producer.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11635 ;-- CL 1948, 483.104
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.105 - Regulations of Public Utilities Commission.

483.105 Regulations of public utilities commission.
Sec. 5.
The commission is hereby empowered and it is made its duty to make regulations for the equitable purchasing, taking and collecting of all such gas, for the metering and delivery of the same and for providing adequate facilities for service demanded, which regulations shall apply to all persons affected thereby in like manner; and it shall have authority to relieve any such common purchaser, after due application, notice and hearing, from the obligation of purchasing gas of an inferior quality or grade or from purchasing gas from wells which for economic reasons are not at the time a practicable source of supply.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11636 ;-- CL 1948, 483.105
Admin Rule:
R 460.851 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.106 - Common Carriers; Preference Prohibited.

483.106 Common carriers; preference prohibited.
Sec. 6.
All corporations, associations and persons, purchasing or collecting natural gas and transmitting or conveying the same for hire, compensation or otherwise by pipe line or lines as a common carrier shall be a common carrier thereof as at common law, and it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier doing business within this state to give, either directly or indirectly, any preference or advantage to any person, copartnership, corporation or locality, in any respect whatsoever as to rates, service, facilities for service or commodity delivered.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11637 ;-- CL 1948, 483.106
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.107 - Maximum Daily Flow.

483.107 Maximum daily flow.
Sec. 7.
All corporations, associations and persons, whether producing or receiving gas from producers in any production field are hereby prohibited from taking more than 25 per centum of the daily natural flow of any gas well or wells, unless, for good cause shown, under the exigencies of the particular case, the commission shall establish a higher or lower per centum under the prescribed rules and regulations thereof.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11638 ;-- CL 1948, 483.107
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.108 - Curtailment of Purchase.

483.108 Curtailment of purchase.
Sec. 8.
Whenever the full production from any common source or field of supply of natural gas in this state is in excess of the market demands, then any common purchaser of such natural gas as herein defined receiving production or output from such source or field shall take therefrom only such proportion of the available supply as may be marketed and utilized without waste, as the natural flow of the well or wells owned or controlled by such common purchaser bears to the total natural flow or production of such common source or field, having due regard to the acreage drained by each well, so as to prevent any common purchaser from securing an unfair proportion therefrom; and it shall be the duty of the commission and it is hereby empowered to regulate and enforce the above provision, provided that the commission may by proper order permit the taking of a greater proportion by any common purchaser whenever or wherever it shall determine a taking of such greater proportion reasonable and equitable or conducive to public convenience or necessity.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11639 ;-- CL 1948, 483.108
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.109 - Map or Plat of Proposed Line; Filing With Public Utilities Commission, Approval; Existing Carriers.

483.109 Map or plat of proposed line; filing with public utilities commission, approval; existing carriers.
Sec. 9.
Any corporation, association or person within the terms of this act desiring to construct transmission mains for the transportation or conveying of natural gas from its source to the locality or localities where utilized, shall submit to the commission, accompanied by due application, a map or plat of such proposed line or lines which it desires to construct, showing the dimensions and character of such proposed pipe line or lines, its compression stations, control valves, and connections, and shall first receive the approval of the commission of such map, route and type of construction before proceeding with the actual construction of such transmission lines, and it shall be the duty of the commission to examine and inquire into the necessity and practicability of such transmission line or lines and to determine that such line or lines will when constructed and in operation serve the convenience and necessities of the public before approval of such map and proposed transmission line or lines: Provided, That persons, associations or corporations having already acquired the rights of common purchasers and common carriers at the time the provisions of this act became effective shall be required to file the map or plat provided for in this section only.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11640 ;-- CL 1948, 483.109
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.110 - Filing Schedule of Rates or Charges; Filing Copies of Contracts; Alterations or Amendments; Application; Approval; Appeal.

483.110 Filing schedule of rates or charges; filing copies of contracts; alterations or amendments; application; approval; appeal.
Sec. 10.
A common purchaser or common carrier of natural gas, before receiving the gas for transmission or delivery, shall file with the commission a schedule of the rates and price at which the common purchaser or common carrier will receive gas at delivery stations from a well, field, or source of supply, as well as the rates or charges at which the common purchaser or common carrier will deliver gas to connecting carriers or distributing lines or customers, and, if the common purchaser or common carrier is operating as a carrier for hire, the rates and charges which the common purchaser or common carrier will charge for the service to be performed by it. A common purchaser or common carrier operating as a carrier for hire also shall file a copy of each contract for purchasing, receiving, or supplying gas. The price to be paid and the rates and charges shall be stated and set up in the manner and form required by the commission and outlined in the rules of the commission for filing of rates of artificial gas utilities or pursuant to rules and conditions of service adopted by the commission, which the commission may make for the regulation of common purchasers and common carriers of natural gas. Thereafter, a common purchaser or common carrier of natural gas may alter or amend its price paid, rates, charges, and conditions of service by application to and approval by the commission in the same manner and by the same process and under the same legal limitations and like right as are now provided by statute for the regulation by the commission of the rates for electricity transmitted in this state and process of appeal provided in section 26 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1909, being section 462.26 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11641 ;-- CL 1948, 483.110 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 6, Eff. Apr. 1, 1987
Compiler's Notes:
Section 2 of Act No. 498 of the Public Acts of 1982, which act amended this section, provided that this “amendatory act shall not take effect unless House Bill No. 5719 (request no. 02467 81) of the 81st Legislature is enacted into law.” House Bill No. 5719 was not enacted into law during the 1982 Regular Session.
Admin Rule:
R 460.201 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.111 - Sale and Purchase Contract; Filing.

483.111 Sale and purchase contract; filing.
Sec. 11.
Every common purchaser or common carrier of natural gas shall file with the commission a true and verified copy of the contract for the sale and purchase of gas entered into between the producer or producers and such common purchaser or common carrier, within 30 days after the making thereof.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11642 ;-- CL 1948, 483.111
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.112 - Annual Statement; Contents.

483.112 Annual statement; contents.
Sec. 12.
Every common purchaser and common carrier of natural gas is hereby required to file with the commission on or before April first of each year, upon blanks to be prescribed and furnished by the commission, an annual statement of its income, expenses, operating and corporate accounts for the preceding calendar year, including the state of its finances in capital securities, fixed capital and other related corporate or balance sheet accounts and including also statistical data relating to the production, purchase, transmission and sales of gas by such common purchasers and common carriers of natural gas, its equipment facilities and customers, said statement to be verified by the oath of some officer of the utility knowing the facts stated therein.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11643 ;-- CL 1948, 483.112