GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 1999-344
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE INSPECTION AND REGULATION OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 119-58 reads as rewritten:
"§ 119-58. Unlawful acts.
(a) It shall be an unlawful act for any person to:
(1) Sell any liquefied
petroleum gas burning appliance designed or built for domestic use which
that has not been approved by the American Gas Association, Inc.,
the Underwriters Laboratory, Inc., or other laboratory approved by the Commissioner
of Agriculture; Building Code Council.
(2) Install any
unvented space heating appliance in a manufactured home as defined in G.S.
143-145(7);
(3) Install any
unvented space heating appliance in a sleeping room that has an input of over
30 BTU per cubic feet of enclosure;
(4) Fill a consumer tank
or container in excess of 85 percent (85%) of its water capacity, or to fill a
tank or container on the premises of a consumer that is not equipped with a
fill tube or gauge; provided, said the tank or container may be
filled by weight if the tank or container is weighed before and after filling;
filling.
(5) Disconnect an
appliance from a gas supply line without capping or plugging said the
line before leaving the premises; premises.
(6) Turn on the gas after
reestablishing an interrupted service without first having checked and closed
all gas outlets; outlets.
(7) Violate any provisions
of this Article or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. adopted
pursuant to this Article.
(b) Every supply tank or
container with its regulating equipment connected in a service system,
shall be identified while in service by the supplier with an attached tag, label
label, or other marking that includes the name of the person
supplying liquefied petroleum gas to said the system, and it
shall be unlawful for any person, other than said the supplier or
the owner of the system, to disconnect, interrupt or fill said the system
with liquefied petroleum gas without the consent of said the supplier.
Provided, if If another registered supplier is requested by the
consumer to connect his service and is given permission by the
consumer to do so, the new supplier shall notify the former supplier before
disconnecting the former service and connecting the new service and shall cap
or plug all disconnected equipment outlets and leave said the equipment
in a condition consistent with this Article and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. adopted pursuant to this Article."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to liquefied petroleum gas burning appliances installed on and after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of July, 1999.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 8:45 p.m. this 22nd day of July, 1999