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CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM
Act 16 of 1929
AN ACT to regulate the business of carrying or transporting, buying, selling or dealing in crude oil or petroleum or its products, through pipe lines; to authorize the use of public highways and the condemnation of private property; to regulate the purchase and storage of crude oil or petroleum; to provide for the control and regulation of all corporations, associations and persons engaged in such business, by the Michigan public utilities commission; to define the powers and duties of the commission in relation thereto; and to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions hereof.

History: 1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929

Document	Type	Description
Section 483.1	Section	Crude oil or petroleum; buying, selling or transporting.
Section 483.2	Section	Condemnation for acquisition of right-of-ways; use of highways.
Section 483.2a	Section	“Person” and “pipeline” defined; notice to property owners; offer of easement.
Section 483.2b	Section	Minimizing physical impact and economic damage; good faith effort by pipeline company.
Section 483.3	Section	Control by public utilities commission; private business excepted.
Section 483.4	Section	Common purchaser; definition, purchase without discrimination.
Section 483.5	Section	Common carrier; definition, carrier without discrimination.
Section 483.6	Section	Acceptance of act; plat, filing.
Section 483.7	Section	Penalties; civil liability.
Section 483.8	Section	Public utilities commission; rules and orders.
Section 483.9	Section	Public utilities commission; employment of assistants.
Section 483.11	Section	Immediate effect.

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