2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 483 - OIL, GAS, AND BRINE LINES
Act 9 of 1929 - NATURAL GAS (483.101 - 483.120)

NATURAL GAS
Act 9 of 1929
AN ACT to regulate corporations, associations or persons engaged in the business of carrying and transporting natural gas through pipe lines and to regulate the production, purchase and sale of natural gas; to provide for the control and regulation of such corporations, associations and persons by the Michigan public utilities commission; to define the powers and duties of the commission relative thereto; to prescribe penalties for the violations of the provisions hereof; and to repeal Act No. 29 of the Public Acts of 1889.

History: 1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929

• Section 483.101 - Natural gas; buying, selling or transporting.
• Section 483.102 - Condemnation to acquire rights-of-way, use of highways; limitation to intrastate transportation.
• Section 483.103 - Control vested in public utilities commission; scope; limitations.
• Section 483.104 - Common purchaser; definition; purchase without discrimination.
• Section 483.105 - Regulations of public utilities commission.
• Section 483.106 - Common carriers; preference prohibited.
• Section 483.107 - Maximum daily flow.
• Section 483.108 - Curtailment of purchase.
• Section 483.109 - Map or plat of proposed line; filing with public utilities commission, approval; existing carriers.
• Section 483.110 - Filing schedule of rates or charges; filing copies of contracts; alterations or amendments; application; approval; appeal.
• Section 483.111 - Sale and purchase contract; filing.
• Section 483.112 - Annual statement; contents.
• Section 483.113 - Accounts and records.
• Section 483.114 - Prevention of waste; rules of public utilities commission.
• Section 483.115 - Penalties; civil liability.
• Section 483.116 - Assistants; employment by commission.
• Section 483.117 - Municipal corporations excepted.
• Section 483.120 - Immediate effect.