RS 3:1355 Restrictions on sale of anhydrous ammonia; permit; bond; insurance - Louisiana Statutes

§1355.  Restrictions on sale of anhydrous ammonia; permit; bond; insurance

A.  No person shall engage in business as a dealer in anhydrous ammonia or as a dealer in equipment used in the handling of anhydrous ammonia, as herein defined in R.S. 3:1353(B)(1), within the state of Louisiana, without first having obtained a permit from the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission.  This permit shall be issued only after the proper written application has been completed and filed, fees paid to the commission, and after all other requirements for such dealers have been complied with by the applicant.

B.(1)  Dealers shall inspect their customers' tanks and receptacles annually.  A report showing proof of inspection shall be mailed to the office of the director of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission by the twentieth of the month following inspection.  Each inspection shall be good for one year only.

(2)  Every storage container inspected pursuant to this Subsection shall be tagged by a dealer.  Inspection stickers are to be obtained from the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission on an annual basis.

C.  Before engaging in business as a dealer, the applicant shall satisfy the commission that he is financially responsible.  This provision as to financial responsibility will be complied with by filing with the commission evidence that the applicant has applied for insurance, and that his application has been approved, on standard contract forms, and a policy is to be issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the state in such kind and for such limits as may be prescribed by the commission.

D.  Repealed by cts 1993, No. 586, §2.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 182, §§3, 4; Acts 1952, No. 74, §5; Acts 1958, No. 197, §1; Acts 1982, No. 124, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1990, No. 247, §1; Acts 1993, No. 586, §2; Acts 2005, No. 494, §1.