Title 290, WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND STANDARDS

Sec. 2. (1) The potato industry commission is created within the department. The commission shall be composed of all of the following: (a) The director or a person designated by the director from the director's staff, who shall serve ex officio, without vote. (b) A staff member o…

Sec. 3. (1) The commission shall foster, develop, and promote the potato industry through research, promotion, advertising, market expansion, development of new markets, education, and the development and dissemination of market and industry information. The commission may develo…

Sec. 4. (1) An assessment at the rate of not more than 5-1/2 cents per hundredweight on potatoes grown in the state shall be levied upon each particular lot or quantity of potatoes and imposed upon each grower with 20 or more acres in the production of potatoes and not more than …

Sec. 4a. (1) Information relating to any assessments paid or quantities of potatoes shipped by an individual processor, grower, or shipper which has been disclosed pursuant to this act is exempt from the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being se…

Sec. 5. Any shipper or grower who fails to pay the assessment pursuant to this act shall pay to the commission the amount due plus a penalty of 10% of the amount due, plus 1% of the amount due for each month of delay.

Sec. 6. A grower or shipper who fails to pay an assessment or file a report in accordance with this act, or falsifies an affidavit, record, receipt, voucher, or other information required to be maintained by this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 7. Employees and agents of the department shall enforce the provisions of this act. The commission shall reimburse the department for costs incurred by the department in holding referenda, reviewing petitions, and enforcing this act. The funds received by the department are …

Sec. 8. (1) Within 60 days after the effective date of the 2013 amendments to this section, the department shall hold a referendum. For the purpose of the referenda under this act, each grower and shipper who is in compliance with section 4 is entitled to 1 vote. The director may…

Sec. 9. (1) If the director receives a petition, bearing the signatures of not less than 33-1/3% of all growers, to terminate the commission, the director shall conduct a referendum by mail. The commission shall be terminated if 1 of the following occurs: (a) If more than 50%, by…

Sec. 9a. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a referendum under this act shall be valid for 5 years. Every 5 years, the department shall conduct a referendum at which growers shall vote whether or not the commission shall continue to levy the assessments and otherwise carry…

Sec. 10. Act No. 208 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended, being sections 290.181 to 290.192 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "motor fuels quality act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Additive" means any substance in gasoline other than gasoline but does not include approved blending components, other than lead, sodium, and phosphate components, introduced at refineries or terminals as octane or product quality enhancers in qu…

Sec. 3. (1) The director shall establish standards pursuant to this act to ensure the purity and quality of gasoline and diesel fuel sold or offered for sale in this state. (2) The director shall establish standards for the amount and type of additives allowed to be included in g…

Sec. 4. (1) A retail dealer shall not transfer, sell, dispense, or offer gasoline for sale in this state unless the pump dispensing the gasoline is posted with a notice, as provided in subsection (2), that indicates the grade of gasoline and the additives in the gasoline that are…

Sec. 4a. (1) A storage tank at a retail outlet shall be periodically tested by the retail dealer to insure that the tank does not have water or water-alcohol at the bottom of that tank in an amount greater than 2 inches. If there is more than 2 inches of water or water-alcohol at…

Sec. 5. (1) Except as provided by federal law or regulation, in the manufacture of gasoline, diesel fuel, or hydrogen fuel at any refinery in this state, a refiner shall not manufacture gasoline, diesel fuel, or hydrogen fuel at a refinery in this state unless the gasoline, diese…

Sec. 5a. (1) The renewable fuels fund is created within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the renewable fuels fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the renewable fuels fund. The state trea…

Sec. 6. (1) Before a distributor or retail dealer engages in transferring, selling, dispensing, or offering for sale gasoline, diesel fuel, biodiesel, biodiesel blend, or hydrogen fuel in this state, the distributor or retail dealer shall obtain a license from the department for …

Sec. 7. (1) The director shall establish a gasoline, diesel fuel, biodiesel, and biodiesel blend inspection, investigation, and testing program. The purpose of the inspection, investigation, and testing program is to determine whether gasoline, diesel fuel, biodiesel, and biodies…

Sec. 8. The gasoline inspection and testing fund is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the director. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of money in the fund. The money in the fund and earnings from investment of the money shall be used exclusi…

Sec. 9. (1) Any person may commence a civil action on that person's own behalf seeking relief for damage caused to that person's motor vehicle as a result of a violation of section 4a or 5 or rules promulgated pursuant to section 4a or 5 against any person alleged to be in violat…

Sec. 9a. The director shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement sections 9b to 9h and 9j.

Sec. 9b. (1) Except as otherwise provided for in this section, a dispensing facility that never dispenses 10,000 gallons (37,850 liters) or more of gasoline per month on average in any 12-month period, beginning with the 12 months preceding the effective date of this section is e…

Sec. 9d. (1) The operator shall maintain the stage I vapor-recovery systems in proper operating condition as specified by the manufacturer and free of defects that could impair the effectiveness of the system. Any component identified as defective, but which does not substantiall…

Sec. 9g. (1) An operator shall maintain accurate records of all of the following at the dispensing facility location: (a) All current licenses and permits required to operate the dispensing facility. (b) The location, including the contact person's name, address, and telephone nu…

Sec. 9h. (1) To implement this section and sections 9a to 9g, the director shall do all of the following: (a) Develop and conduct training for department inspectors to provide knowledge and proficiency on stage I vapor-recovery program requirements and procedures. (b) Prepare inf…

Sec. 9i. (1) A dispensing facility in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Livingston, Monroe, or St. Clair County constructed after November 15, 1990 shall obtain a dispensing permit. The fee for a dispensing permit is $25.00 for each year or portion of a year. (2) The department …

Sec. 9j. (1) A person shall not deliver gasoline or permit the delivery of gasoline to a dispensing facility that lacks a stage I vapor-recovery system. (2) Prior to delivery of gasoline to a dispensing facility, a delivery vessel shall be certified by the department of environme…

Sec. 9k. If the governor declares an emergency under the emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.401 to 30.421, or 1982 PA 191, MCL 10.81 to 10.89, the governor may exercise his or her discretion to grant a temporary variance suspending the low vapor pressure fuel provision…

Sec. 9l. (1) A gasoline refiner, distributor, or terminal may petition the department for a temporary variance from the vapor pressure standards established by the director or in this act. In order to receive a variance, the refiner, distributor, or terminal shall demonstrate tha…

Sec. 10. A person who hinders or obstructs in any way, or assaults or commits a bodily injury upon the director or an authorized representative of the director while in the performance of his or her official duties, knowing that person to be the director or an authorized represen…

Sec. 10a. (1) A person who individually, or by the action of his or her agent or employee, or as the agent or employee of another violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act is subject to an administrative fine. Upon the request of a person to whom an administrative fi…

Sec. 10b. (1) A person who individually, or by the action of his or her agent or employee, or as the agent or employee of another, performs any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or…

Sec. 10c. The director retains the authority to implement the stage I vapor control program in areas where it is determined necessary to attain or maintain national ambient air quality standards.

Sec. 10d. Beginning June 1 through September 15 of 2007 and for that period of time each subsequent year, the vapor pressure standard shall be 7.0 psi for dispensing facilities in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Livingston, Monroe, St. Clair, and Lenawee counties. The director…

Sec. 1. That when used in this chapter; (a) "Naval stores" means spirits of turpentine and rosin. (b) "Spirits of turpentine" includes gum spirits of turpentine and wood turpentine. (c) "Gum spirits of turpentine" means spirits of turpentine made from gum (oleoresin) from a livin…

Sec. 2. That when used in this chapter, the standards of quality and purity of gum spirits of turpentine, steam distilled wood turpentine, destructively distilled wood turpentine, gum rosin and wood rosin shall be those of the official naval stores standards of the United States,…

Sec. 3. That the following acts are hereby prohibited and made unlawful: (a) The sale in this state of any naval stores, or of anything offered for sale as such, except under or by reference to the official naval stores standards of the United States; (b) The sale of any naval st…

Sec. 4. The state commissioner of agriculture shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and the penal statutes relating thereto and the said commissioner, his assistants, experts, chemists, and agents shall have access and ingress to the places of business, stores, buildings a…

Sec. 5. Whoever violates any provisions of law relating to the selling, offering or exposing for sale, or advertising of naval stores by manufacturers or distributors thereof, shall be fined not more than 50 dollars, and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than 50…

Sec. 1. That whenever apples are bought or sold by weight 48 pounds shall constitute a bushel.

Sec. 1. That standards for climax baskets for grapes and other fruits and vegetables shall be the 2-quart basket, 4-quart basket, and 12-quart basket, respectively. (a) The standard 2-quart climax basket shall be of the following dimensions: length of bottom piece, 9 1/2 inches; …

Sec. 2. That the standard basket or other container for small fruits, berries, and vegetables shall be of the following capacities: namely, dry 1/2 pint, dry pint, dry quart, or multiples of the dry quart. (a) The dry 1/2 pint shall contain 16 and 8/10 cubic inches; (b) The dry p…

Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful to manufacture for shipment, or to sell within the state any climax baskets or other containers for small fruits, berries, or vegetables, whether filled or unfilled, which do not conform to the provisions of this act; and any person guilty of a w…

Sec. 4. The examination and test of climax baskets, baskets, or other containers for small fruits, berries, and vegetables, for the purpose of determining whether those baskets or other containers comply with the provisions of this act shall be made by the department of agricultu…