2011 Connecticut Code
Title 29 Public Safety and State Police
Chapter 541 Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures
Sec. 29-332. (Formerly Sec. 29-73). (Note: This section is repealed, effective January 1, 2013.) Inspections by local fire marshal of cargo tank motor vehicle used to transport gas.

      Sec. 29-332. (Formerly Sec. 29-73). (Note: This section is repealed, effective January 1, 2013.) Inspections by local fire marshal of cargo tank motor vehicle used to transport gas. No person shall operate, and no owner shall permit the operation of, a cargo tank motor vehicle, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations Title 49, Section 171.8, as amended from time to time, used for the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas or liquefied natural gas until such vehicle has been inspected in accordance with the provisions of this section. The local fire marshal of each town, city and borough shall inspect once annually, and more often if necessary, all bulk storage tanks, equipment and cargo tank motor vehicles at bulk storage plant installations in his jurisdiction and utilized for the storage or transportation of liquefied petroleum gas or liquefied natural gas, and shall promptly report to the Commissioner of Public Safety each hazard found in such inspection. All such inspections shall be made in accordance with regulations established under the provisions of section 29-331. The local fire marshal of the city, town or borough in which the vehicle is registered by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue for each vehicle, inspected and approved, a certificate furnished by the Commissioner of Public Safety which shall be carried in the vehicle and kept with the certificate of registration for such vehicle at all times. No municipality other than the one in which the vehicle is registered by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall require any further inspection or cause any further inspection to be made, or exact any license fees for such inspection, or exact any license fees for the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas or liquefied natural gas into or out of such municipality.

      (1955, S. 2001d; 1959, P.A. 370; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 79-512, S. 7, 13; P.A. 93-73, S. 2; P.A. 97-162, S. 2; P.A. 09-177, S. 25; P.A. 10-54, S. 6.)

      History: 1959 act prohibited operation of vehicle used for transporting liquefied petroleum gas until it has been inspected and removed requirement for placement of sticker in lower right-hand corner of windshield; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-512 made provisions applicable to liquefied natural gas and added Subsec. (b) re procedure required when leak or discharge of gases from storage facility or transport vehicle occurs; Sec. 29-73 transferred to Sec. 29-332 in 1983; P.A. 93-73 amended Subsec. (a) to limit applicability of section to cargo tank motor vehicles, as defined in CFR Title 49, Section 171.8, as amended, require local fire marshal to issue a certificate in lieu of a sticker for each vehicle inspected and approved and require certificate to be carried in vehicle and kept with registration certificate at all times; P.A. 97-162 deleted former Subsec. (b) re reports of leaks or discharges to state police and deleted Subsec. (a) designation; P.A. 09-177 repealed section, effective January 1, 2011; P.A. 10-54 changed effective date of P.A. 09-177, S. 25, from January 1, 2011, to January 1, 2013, effective May 18, 2010.