HOUSE BILL No. 5492


     January 22, 1998, Introduced by Reps. Wetters, Frank, Hale, Harder, Baade, Alley, Goschka, Gagliardi, Gustafson, Raczkowski and Perricone and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.


        A bill to amend 1941 PA 207, entitled

   "Fire prevention code,"

   by amending section 5 (MCL 29.5).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 5.  (1) Hazardous materials or other substances,

 2    including alcohol, gunpowder, dynamite, crude petroleum or any of

 3    its products, fuel oils, pyroxylin, combustible finishes, and

 4    other commodities of a similar nature or quality shall be manu-

 5    factured, kept or stored, sold, transported, or otherwise handled

 6    or disposed of in a manner and by a method as not to constitute a

 7    fire hazard or a menace to the public peace, health, or safety,

 8    or to endanger or cause loss, injury, or damage to persons or

 9    property.





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 1         (2) THE EXCEPTION WHICH IS PROVIDED FROM THE APPLICATION OF

 2    SUBCHAPTER C OF CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 49 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL

 3    REGULATIONS BY 49 C.F.R. 173.5(a) FOR FARMERS, OR FROM THE APPLI-

 4    CATION OF SUBPARTS G AND H OF PART 172 OF TITLE 49 OF THE CODE OF

 5    FEDERAL REGULATIONS, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRO-

 6    DUCTS OR THE PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

 7    MATERIALS TO OR FROM A FARM AND A SOURCE OF SUPPLY, SHALL BE

 8    EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE TRANSPORT OF THE SAME EXCEPTED MATERIALS

 9    BY RETAILERS AND WHOLESALERS TO OR FROM A FARM AND IS SPECIFI-

10    CALLY AUTHORIZED IF IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT AND OTHER STATE

11    LAW.


































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