Louisiana § RS 40:1914 - Powers and duties of commission

§ RS 40:1914. Powers and duties of commission

A.  The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission is vested with the authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the storage, utilization, sale or transportation of anhydrous ammonia, the fabrication and installation of systems for the storage and utilization of anhydrous ammonia, and installation of all other anhydrous ammonia equipment as the commission may deem necessary in the interest of public safety.  In drafting such regulations, the commission may adopt for its own, in substance, the regulations or standards published by the Compressed Gas Association, Inc. of New York and/or the National Board of Fire Underwriters, or any other such nationally recognized agency.  The rules and regulations adopted by the commission relating to the design or construction of anhydrous ammonia containers shall be in reasonable and substantial conformity with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for Construction of Unfired Pressure Vessels and subsequent amendments, revisions, or modifications thereto.  Such regulations shall not be extended to the manufacturers of anhydrous ammonia with respect to their operations and equipment on their plant site only, or the manufacturer of products of which anhydrous ammonia forms a component part, or the installation or storage or delivery of such gases within the plant site of any such manufacturer.

B.  The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission is vested with the duty of administering and enforcing the provisions of this Part and the rules and regulations adopted by the commission, to employ all necessary personnel or inspectors to enforce this law and the rules and regulations adopted by the commission, and such inspectors shall have the authority to enter the premises of all manufacturers of anhydrous ammonia equipment, dealers in anhydrous ammonia and equipment, and farmers for inspection purposes from time to time as the commission deems necessary or advisable in enforcing the provisions of this law and the rules and regulations of the commission.

C.  The commission shall have the right to injunctive relief to prevent the continuing violation of, or failure to comply with the law or any of the rules and regulations of the commission.  Any suits for injunctive relief shall be filed in the parish in which such violations occur or in the parish in which the violator is domiciled or has his principal place of business.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 182, §2; Acts 1952, No. 74, §4; Acts 1964, No. 412, §1; Acts 1990, No. 247, §1; Redesignated by Acts 2010, No. 579, §4 from R.S. 3:1354.