2016 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:1913 - Definitions

§1913. Definitions

A. Anhydrous ammonia in this Part is defined as follows: Anhydrous ammonia contains 82% nitrogen. At atmospheric pressure ammonia is a gas. It exists as a liquid below 28 degrees Fahrenheit, and boils at this temperature. In commerce, ammonia is compressed to a liquid and stored under pressure. The gauge pressure is 75 pounds per square inch at 50 degrees Fahrenheit and 197 pounds per square inch at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The pressures exerted by anhydrous ammonia are dangerous unless the proper safety devices are installed in the equipment and care is used in handling it.

B.(1) Dealers in anhydrous ammonia in this Part are persons who buy and sell or distribute, at wholesale or retail, anhydrous ammonia to any person, including agencies, political subdivisions, and municipalities of the state. The provisions of this Part shall not apply to manufacturers of anhydrous ammonia who sell anhydrous ammonia exclusively to other manufacturers of anhydrous ammonia and to dealers as defined in this Subsection, except as provided in R.S. 40:1915(B), relative to furnishing of bond.

(2) Dealers in anhydrous ammonia equipment in this Part are persons who buy and sell or distribute, at wholesale or retail, to users and consumers, including agencies, political subdivisions, and municipalities of the state, equipment used in the installation, storage, handling, utilization, and dispensing of anhydrous ammonia.

(3) Any person owning and maintaining storage facilities for anhydrous ammonia for his own use and accommodation, and for the use and accommodation of his tenant or sharecroppers to whom anhydrous ammonia is distributed without profit, is not to be classed as a dealer within the meaning and intent of this Part.

C. "Commission", as used in this Part, means the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 182, §1; Acts 1952, No. 74, §3; Acts 1954, No. 526, §1; Acts 1990, No. 247, §1; Redesignated by Acts 2010, No. 579, §4 from R.S. 3:1353.