Connecticut General Statutes 29-322 – Inspections by local fire marshal of cargo tank motor vehicle used to transport flammable or combustible liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas or hazardous chemicals
(a) No person shall operate, and no owner shall permit the operation of, a cargo tank motor vehicle, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations Title 49, Section 171.8, as amended from time to time, used for the transportation of flammable or combustible liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas or hazardous chemicals until such vehicle has been inspected if such inspection is required pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 29-322
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- liquefied natural gas: as used in this chapter , means a fluid in the liquid state composed predominantly of methane and which may contain minor quantities of ethane, propane, nitrogen or other components normally found in natural gas. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-330
- liquefied petroleum gas: as used in this chapter , means and includes any material which is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same: Propane, propylene, butane, normal or isobutane and butylene. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-330
- Ordinance: means an enactment under the provisions of section 7-157. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
(b) Any city, town or borough may, by ordinance, require the local fire marshal to inspect once each year, and more often if necessary, all cargo tank motor vehicles registered with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and located in such fire marshal’s jurisdiction and used for the storage or transportation of flammable or combustible liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas or hazardous chemicals. No city, town or borough, other than the one in which the vehicle is registered by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, shall require any further inspection or cause any further inspection to be made, or exact any license fees for such inspection, or exact any license fees for the transportation of flammable or combustible liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas or hazardous chemicals into or out of such city, town or borough.