2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 483 - OIL, GAS, AND BRINE LINES
Act 16 of 1929 - CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM (483.1 - 483.11)

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

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