95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0035


 
Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. John J. Millner
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		
















430 ILCS 10/3
  from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5703


430 ILCS 10/4
  from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5704







    Amends the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Container Act.  Prohibits an owner of a liquefied petroleum gas container from using the restrictions of the Act for the purposes of retaining customers.  Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning public safety.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Container Act is 
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amended  by changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:
 



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    (430 ILCS 10/3)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5703)



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    Sec. 3. If a liquefied petroleum gas container shall bear 
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upon the surface
thereof in plainly legible characters the 
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name, mark, initials or other
identifying device of the owner 
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thereof, it shall be unlawful for any
person except such owner 
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or a person authorized in writing by him: (a) To
fill such 
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container with, or withdraw from such container,
liquefied 
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petroleum gas or any other gas
or compound; (b) to buy, sell, 
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offer for sale, give, take, loan, deliver or
permit to be 
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delivered, or otherwise use, dispose of, or traffic in any
such 
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container; or (c) to deface, erase, obliterate, cover up or 
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otherwise
remove or conceal or change any such name, mark, 
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initials or other
identifying device of the owner or to place 
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the name, mark, initials or
other identifying device of any 
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person other than the owner on such
container.

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    The restrictions in this Section shall not be used by an 
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owner of a liquefied petroleum gas container for the purposes 
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of retaining customers.

 


 






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(Source: P.A. 89-73, eff. 1-1-96.)

 



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    (430 ILCS 10/4)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5704)



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    Sec. 4. The use of a liquefied petroleum gas container or 
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containers by any
person other than the person whose name, 
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mark, initial or device shall be
or shall have been upon such 
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liquefied petroleum gas container or
containers, without 
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written consent or purchase of such marked and
distinguished 
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liquefied petroleum gas container, for the sale of liquefied

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petroleum gas, filling with liquefied petroleum
gas, or the 
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withdrawal of liquefied petroleum gas, or the possession of

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such
liquefied petroleum gas containers by any person other 
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than the person having
his name, mark, initial or other device 
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thereon, without the written consent of
such owner, shall and 
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is hereby declared to be presumptive evidence of the
unlawful 
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use, filling or refilling, transition of, or trafficking in of 
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such
liquefied petroleum gas containers.

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    The restrictions in this Section shall not be used by an 
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owner of a liquefied petroleum gas container for the purposes 
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of retaining customers.

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(Source: P.A. 89-73, eff. 1-1-96.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.