Definitions

527.01

Definitions.

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As used in this chapter:

(1)

“Liquefied petroleum gas” means any material which is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons, or mixtures of the same: propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane or isobutane), and butylenes.

(2)

“Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, organization, or cooperative.

(3)

“Consumer” means the person last purchasing liquefied petroleum gas in its liquid or vapor state for industrial, commercial, or domestic use.

(4)

“Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

(5)

“Qualifier” means any person who has passed a competency examination administered by the department and is employed by a licensed category I, category II, or category V business.

(6)

“Category I liquefied petroleum gas dealer” means any person selling or offering to sell by delivery or at a stationary location any liquefied petroleum gas to the consumer for industrial, commercial, or domestic use; any person leasing or offering to lease, or exchanging or offering to exchange, any apparatus, appliances, and equipment for the use of liquefied petroleum gas; any person designing, installing, servicing, altering, or modifying apparatus, piping, tubing, appliances, and equipment for the use of liquefied petroleum or natural gas; any person installing carburetion equipment; or any person requalifying cylinders.

(7)

“Category II liquefied petroleum gas dispenser” means any person engaging in the business of operating a liquefied petroleum gas dispensing unit for the purpose of serving liquid products to the consumer for industrial, commercial, or domestic use, and selling or offering to sell, or leasing or offering to lease, apparatus, appliances, and equipment for the use of liquefied petroleum gas, including maintaining a cylinder storage rack at the licensed business location for the purpose of storing cylinders filled by the licensed business for sale or use at a later date.

(8)

“Category III liquefied petroleum gas cylinder exchange operator” means any person operating a storage facility used for the purpose of storing filled propane cylinders of not more than 43.5 pounds propane capacity or 104 pounds water capacity, while awaiting sale to the consumer, or a facility used for the storage of empty or filled containers which have been offered for exchange.

(9)

“Category IV dealer in appliances and equipment” means any person selling or offering to sell, or leasing or offering to lease, apparatus, appliances, and equipment for the use of liquefied petroleum gas.

(10)

“Category V LP gas installer” means any person who is engaged in the liquefied petroleum gas business and whose services include the design, installation, servicing, altering, or modifying of apparatus, piping, tubing, tanks, and equipment for the use of liquefied petroleum or natural gas and selling or offering to sell, or leasing or offering to lease, apparatus, appliances, and equipment for the use of liquefied petroleum or natural gas.

(11)

“Category VI miscellaneous operator” means any person who is engaged in operation as a manufacturer of LP gas appliances and equipment; a fabricator, repairer, and tester of vehicles and cargo tanks; a requalifier of LP gas cylinders; or a pipeline system operator.

(12)

“Manufacturer of liquefied petroleum gas appliances and equipment” means any person in this state manufacturing and offering for sale or selling tanks, cylinders, or other containers and necessary appurtenances for use in the storage, transportation, or delivery of such gas to the consumer, or manufacturing and offering for sale or selling apparatus, appliances, and equipment for the use of liquefied petroleum gas to the consumer.

(13)

“Wholesaler” means any person, as defined by subsection (2), selling or offering to sell any liquefied petroleum gas for industrial, commercial, or domestic use to any person except the consumer.

(14)

“Requalifier of cylinders” means any person involved in the retesting, repair, qualifying, or requalifying of liquefied petroleum gas tanks or cylinders manufactured under specifications of the United States Department of Transportation.

(15)

“Fabricator, repairer, and tester of vehicles and cargo tanks” means any person involved in the hydrostatic testing, fabrication, repair, or requalifying of any motor vehicles or cargo tanks used for the transportation of liquefied petroleum gases, when such tanks are permanently attached to or forming a part of the motor vehicle.

(16)

“Pipeline system operator” means any person who owns or operates a liquefied petroleum gas pipeline system that is used to transmit liquefied petroleum gas from a common source to the customer and that serves 10 or more customers.

(17)

“License period” means the period 1 to 3 years from the issuance of the license.

(18)

“Recreational vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use and that has its own propulsion or is mounted on or towed by another motor vehicle.

(19)

“Licensed location” means the premises on which category I, category II, category III, category IV, category V, or category VI liquefied petroleum gas operations are performed, excluding remote bulk storage.

(20)

“Remote bulk storage” means the location of liquefied petroleum gas stored for the sole purpose of filling delivery vehicles used in delivery to an end user.

History.

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s. 1, ch. 24302, 1947; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 1, ch. 57-174; s. 1, ch. 61-158; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 202, ch. 71-377; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 1, 6, ch. 80-390; ss. 1, 18, 19, ch. 81-175; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 2, ch. 82-6; s. 124, ch. 83-218; s. 1, ch. 86-69; ss. 2, 3, ch. 87-34; s. 1, ch. 90-215; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1, ch. 92-324; s. 7, ch. 93-142; ss. 1, 7, ch. 93-248; s. 1, ch. 2000-269; s. 23, ch. 2001-63; s. 1, ch. 2003-132; s. 31, ch. 2013-251; s. 18, ch. 2018-84; s. 9, ch. 2020-126; s. 2, ch. 2020-135; s. 8, ch. 2023-155; s. 1, ch. 2024-170.

Note.

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Former s. 526.12.