Title 75, Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments

(1) Products regulated under terms of the Petroleum Products Inspection Law or regulations sold in this state shall have a name and/or brand name and such name shall be registered with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. The octane rating or antiknock index (R…

(1) Provided, however, that gasoline, as defined in Section 75-55-5, shall not be subject to specifications required under such section, when such gasoline is purchased or received in this state for uses other than for sale or distribution to the consuming public. This exemption …

(a) Any person selling at retail gasoline, alcohol blended fuel, diesel fuel or kerosene, as defined in this chapter, shall at all times display signs as herein defined:(a) All pumps and dispensing equipment for gasoline, alcohol blended fuel, diesel fuel or kerosene shall be mar…

This chapter shall be known as the “Mississippi Antifreeze Law of 1978.”

(a) Antifreeze or engine coolant or prediluted antifreeze or prediluted engine coolant shall be deemed to be adulterated:(a) If, in the form in which it is sold and directed to be used, it would be injurious to the cooling system in which it is installed, or if, when used in such…

(a) Antifreeze or engine coolant or prediluted antifreeze or prediluted engine coolant shall be deemed to be misbranded:(a) If it does not bear a label which:(i) Specifies the brand name of the product, the principal ingredient and the intended use of the product;(ii) States the …

The commissioner or his designated employees shall have access at reasonable hours, and upon reasonable notice, to all places and property where antifreeze or engine coolant or prediluted antifreeze or prediluted engine coolant is manufactured, stored, transported, distributed, o…

(a) Antifreeze or engine coolant or prediluted antifreeze or prediluted engine coolant shall not contain visually identifiable suspended matter or sediment after mixing with the proper amount of water for use in an automotive internal combustion engine. The specifications for ant…

(a) It shall be unlawful to:(a) Distribute any antifreeze or engine coolant or prediluted antifreeze or prediluted engine coolant which has not been registered in accordance with Section 75-56-9 or whose labeling is different from that accepted for registration, provided that reg…

(1) When the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce finds any antifreeze or engine coolant or prediluted antifreeze or prediluted engine coolant being distributed in violation of Section 75-56-19 of this chapter, or of any of the rules and prescribed regulations duly promulgate…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to report for prosecution or for institution of libel proceedings, minor violations of the chapter whenever he believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing…

The State Chemist may, if required for the analysis of antifreeze or engine coolant or prediluted antifreeze or prediluted engine coolant for the purposes of registration, require the applicant to furnish a statement of the formula of such product, unless the applicant can furnis…

Any person found by the commissioner or the State Chemist to be in violation of any provision of this chapter may be assessed a penalty as provided in Section 75-55-37. In addition to or in lieu of such penalties, the commissioner may suspend or revoke the permit or license of su…

(a) The following words and phrases have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly describes and indicates a different meaning:(a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerc…

This chapter shall be administered by the State Chemist and the commissioner. The State Chemist or his designated employees shall establish specifications for antifreezes and engine coolants and prediluted antifreezes and prediluted engine coolants sold or offered for sale in the…

(1) The State Chemist and the commissioner, following the terms of the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Act, may make and adopt such reasonable rules, regulations and standards of antifreeze or engine coolant or prediluted antifreeze or prediluted engine coolant strength, pr…

On or before the first day of July of each year, and before any antifreeze or engine coolant or prediluted antifreeze or prediluted engine coolant, may be distributed, for the permit year beginning July 1, the manufacturer, packager or person whose name appears on the label shall…

Sections 75-57-1 through 75-57-63 shall be known as the “Liquefied Compressed Gas Equipment Inspection Law of Mississippi.”

(1) The State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board is hereby created and is vested with the power to regulate matters pertaining to liquefied compressed gas. All regulations by and actions of the board are subject to the approval of the commissioner. The board shall not exercise admini…

For the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of Sections 75-57-1 through 75-57-63 and Sections 75-57-101 through 75-57-119, the Commissioner of Insurance is empowered to employ an executive director and staff, within the Department of Insurance, as state service …

(1) The board shall promulgate and enforce regulations necessary for the administration of Sections 75-57-1 through 75-57-63 and Sections 75-57-101 through 75-57-119, and also setting forth the minimum general safety standards for the design, construction, location, installation …

The board is authorized to impose monetary penalties and take such other disciplinary actions as authorized by Sections 75-57-1 through 75-57-63 and Sections 75-57-101 through 75-57-119. (a) Any person found by the board in violation of Sections 75-57-1 through 75-57-63 and Secti…

(1) The board may establish by regulation a system of permits for those engaged in the liquefied compressed gas business in the state. If adopted, and approved by the Commissioner of Insurance, no one may engage in the liquefied compressed gas business without first having obtain…

In order to increase compliance and to reduce the burden of regulation, the board shall seek consistency between its regulations and those regulations adopted by the departments and agencies of the United States Government.

No regulations may be issued affecting the price or allocation of liquefied compressed gas, allocation of markets between liquefied compressed gas suppliers or the terms and conditions of providing liquefied compressed gas service.

The board shall require that metering equipment in delivery vehicles used in dispensing of liquefied compressed gas shall be calibrated to an accuracy of a plus or minus tolerance of two percent (2%) at least once a year. This requirement shall not apply to delivery vehicles used…

(1) Any individual aggrieved by a final decision of the board shall be entitled to judicial review. (2) Any appeal from the board’s decision shall be filed in the circuit court of the county where the board has its office. The appeal shall be filed within thirty (30) days after n…

(1) There is established a propane education and research program to be administered by the Department of Insurance through the State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board, created in Section 75-57-101, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the purpose of promoting the growth and development of…

It is expressly provided that, subsequent to the issuance of a permit by the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board permitting the creation of such spaces, compressed air, liquefied compressed gases, refined hydrocarbons, oil or gas, or both, and those liquefied compressed gases kno…

(1) Before any person, firm or corporation shall enter the liquefied petroleum gas business as a distributor of liquefied petroleum gas, who plans to make retail or wholesale tank truck deliveries to consumer, and before a permit may be granted as required by Section 75-57-49, su…

Sections 75-57-151 through 75-57-165 apply to a facility of a public elementary or secondary school, including a charter school, or a private elementary or secondary school, inclusive of all buildings and structures located on the school grounds where liquefied petroleum gas is u…

For the purposes of Sections 75-57-151 through 75-57-165, the definitions ascribed to terms in Section 75-57-5 are also applicable to Sections 75-57-151 through 75-57-165.

(1) A person responsible for a school facility shall perform an annual pressure test on the liquefied petroleum gas piping system in the school facility. The test must be performed and results reported to the facility’s liquefied petroleum gas distributor before the beginning of …

(1) The person responsible for a school facility shall have a pressure test performed by a liquefied petroleum gas distributor authorized to operate in this state, or by a person qualified to install, alter, or repair a liquefied compressed gas system, who has an appropriate perm…

(1) A person responsible for a school facility shall provide written notice to the school’s liquefied petroleum gas distributor specifying the date and result of each pressure test or other inspection. (2) The liquefied petroleum gas distributor shall maintain a copy of the notic…

(1) A distributer shall discontinue service to a school facility if:(a) The distributor receives official notification from the firm or individual conducting the test of a hazardous liquefied petroleum gas leakage in the facility piping system; or(b) A test or other inspection at…

(1) The results of the annual pressure test in any facility of a public elementary or secondary school, including a charter school, or any school accredited by the State Board of Education, must be reported to the State Department of Education within thirty (30) days of the testi…

The State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Insurance, is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or appropriate to implement the requirements of Sections 75-57-151 through 75-57-165.

Unless otherwise specified in Sections 75-57-1 through 75-57-63, no container shall have a designed working pressure of less than that required for a 100 type. Any container to be charged with a compressed gas which has a vapor pressure at 100 degrees F. of between 151 and 215 po…

The administration of the Liquefied Compressed Gas Equipment Inspection Law of Mississippi (Sections 75-57-1 through 75-57-63) are transferred from the Chairman of the State Tax Commission to the Commissioner of Insurance. All personnel, records, property and equipment allocated …

Anhydrous ammonia bulk storage plants shall not be installed within the limits of any municipality unless such anhydrous ammonia bulk storage plant is located within an industrial park or an industrial area serviced by a municipal fire department. The installation of any such bul…

The Commissioner of Insurance is vested with the sole and exclusive power and authority and is charged with the duty of administering Sections 75-57-1 through 75-57-63, and the State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board shall have the authority to establish and enforce reasonable rules…

The governing body of any municipality is authorized to require the removal of any anhydrous ammonia storage plant which may be located within its corporate limits, if, after hearing, it is established that such plant is unsafe in any manner. Any aggrieved person may appeal from …

No cylinder installation shall be made unless the cylinders are designed, fabricated, tested and marked in accordance with the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation or the United States Interstate Commerce Commission, and constructed for a designed pressur…

Wherein sections of Sections 75-57-1 through 75-57-63 do not exceed those requirements of the current published regulations of the National Fire Protection Association applicable to liquefied petroleum gas, the laws and regulations of the State Liquefied Compressed Gas Board shal…

All containers and pertinent equipment owned or in use by the government of the United States of America are exempt from the provisions of Sections 75-57-1 through 75-57-63. Liquefied petroleum gas containers using liquefied petroleum gas as a fuel to propel recreational vehicles…