Sec. 29-322. (Formerly Sec. 29-64). Inspections by local fire marshal of cargo tank motor vehicle used to transport flammable or combustible liquids.
Sec. 29-322. (Formerly Sec. 29-64). Inspections by local fire marshal of cargo
tank motor vehicle used to transport flammable or combustible liquids. 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 until such
vehicle has been inspected in accordance with the provisions of this section. Each local
fire marshal shall inspect once each year, and more often if necessary, all tanks and
cargo tank motor vehicles located in his jurisdiction and used for the storage or transportation of flammable or combustible liquids, and shall promptly report to the Commissioner of Public Safety each definite hazard so found. All such inspections shall be made
in accordance with the regulations provided for in section 29-320. The local fire marshal
of the city, town or borough in which the vehicle is registered by the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles shall issue for each vehicle inspected and approved a certificate furnished by the Commissioner of Public Safety which shall be carried in the vehicle and
kept with the certificate of registration for such vehicle at all times. 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 into or out of such city, town or
borough.
(1949 Rev., S. 3687; 1949, S. 1997d; 1959, P.A. 374; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 79-512, S. 2, 13; P.A. 93-73, S.
1; P.A. 97-162, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act prohibited operation of motor vehicle used to transport flammable liquids until it has been inspected
and removed requirement for placement of sticker in lower right-hand corner of windshield; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-512 made provisions applicable
to "combustible liquids" and added Subsec. (b) re procedure required when flammable or combustible fluid leaks or is
discharged from storage facility or transport vehicle; Sec. 29-64 transferred to Sec. 29-322 in 1983; P.A. 93-73 limited
applicability of section to cargo tank motor vehicles, as defined in CFR Title 49, Section 171.8, as amended, required local
fire marshal to issue a certificate in lieu of a sticker for each vehicle inspected and approved, and required certificate to
be carried in vehicle and kept with registration certificate at all times; P.A. 97-162 deleted former Subsec. (b) re reports
of leaks or discharges to state police and deleted Subsec. (a) designation.