Michigan Compiled Laws Act 9 Of 1929 Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120)

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.
Every corporation, association or person, now or hereafter exercising or claiming the right to carry or transport natural gas by or through pipe line...
Section 483.102 Condemnation To Acquire Rights-of-way, Use Of Highways; Limitation To Intrastate Transportation.
For the purpose of acquiring necessary right-of-ways, every such corporation, association or person is hereby granted the right of condemnation by eminent domain, and...
Section 483.103 Control Vested In Public Utilities Commission; Scope; Limitations.
There is hereby granted to and vested in the Michigan public utilities commission, hereinafter styled the “commission,” the power to control and regulate corporations,...
Section 483.104 Common Purchaser; Definition; Purchase Without Discrimination.
Every corporation, association or person, now or hereafter claiming or exercising the right to carry or transport natural gas by pipe line or lines,...
Section 483.105 Regulations Of Public Utilities Commission.
The commission is hereby empowered and it is made its duty to make regulations for the equitable purchasing, taking and collecting of all such...
Section 483.106 Common Carriers; Preference Prohibited.
All corporations, associations and persons, purchasing or collecting natural gas and transmitting or conveying the same for hire, compensation or otherwise by pipe line...
Section 483.107 Maximum Daily Flow.
All corporations, associations and persons, whether producing or receiving gas from producers in any production field are hereby prohibited from taking more than 25...
Section 483.108 Curtailment Of Purchase.
Whenever the full production from any common source or field of supply of natural gas in this state is in excess of the market...
Section 483.109 Map Or Plat Of Proposed Line; Filing With Public Utilities Commission, Approval; Existing Carriers.
Any corporation, association or person within the terms of this act desiring to construct transmission mains for the transportation or conveying of natural gas...
Section 483.110 Filing Schedule Of Rates Or Charges; Filing Copies Of Contracts; Alterations Or Amendments; Application; Approval; Appeal.
A common purchaser or common carrier of natural gas, before receiving the gas for transmission or delivery, shall file with the commission a schedule...
Section 483.111 Sale And Purchase Contract; Filing.
Every common purchaser or common carrier of natural gas shall file with the commission a true and verified copy of the contract for the...
Section 483.112 Annual Statement; Contents.
Every common purchaser and common carrier of natural gas is hereby required to file with the commission on or before April first of each...
Section 483.113 Accounts And Records.
The commission shall have the power and authority and it is hereby made its duty to prescribe the manner and the form or system...
Section 483.114 Prevention Of Waste; Rules Of Public Utilities Commission.
The commission shall have authority to prevent the waste of natural gas in producing operations and in the piping and distribution thereof and to...
Section 483.115 Penalties; Civil Liability.
Any corporation, association or person, violating any provision of this act or any order or regulation of the commission made pursuant thereto, shall be...
Section 483.116 Assistants; Employment By Commission.
The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to employ such clerks, inspectors, and experts as may be necessary to carry out and administer the...
Section 483.117 Municipal Corporations Excepted.
Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to vest the commission with regulatory control and authority over any natural gas utility owned and...
Section 483.120 Immediate Effect.
An emergency is hereby declared, by reason whereof it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, safety, convenience and welfare that...

Last modified: October 10, 2016