HOUSE BILL No. 5255

 

January 23, 2014, Introduced by Reps. Stallworth and Nesbitt and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.

 

     A bill to amend 1929 PA 16, entitled

 

"An act to regulate the business of carrying or transporting,

buying, selling or dealing in crude oil or petroleum or its

products, through pipe lines; to authorize the use of public

highways and the condemnation of private property; to regulate the

purchase and storage of crude oil or petroleum; to provide for the

control and regulation of all corporations, associations and

persons engaged in such business, by the Michigan public utilities

commission; to define the powers and duties of the commission in

relation thereto; and to prescribe penalties for violations of the

provisions hereof,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 483.2).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. (1) For the purpose of acquiring To acquire necessary

 

right-of-ways, every such rights-of-way, a corporation,

 

association, or person is hereby granted the right of condemnation

 

described in section 1 may condemn by eminent domain , and the may


 

use of the highways in this state , for the purpose of transporting

 

for any of the following purposes:

 

     (a) To transport petroleum by pipe lines, and the location,

 

laying, constructing, maintaining and operations thereof; and such

 

condemnation pipelines.

 

     (b) After receiving approval under this act as required for

 

crude oil or petroleum, to transport by pipeline gaseous or liquid

 

substances, consisting primarily of carbon dioxide, that will be

 

put in storage or that have been or will be used to produce

 

hydrocarbons in secondary or enhanced recovery operations.

 

     (c) To locate, lay, construct, maintain, and operate pipelines

 

under subdivision (a) or (b).

 

     (2) Condemnation proceedings under subsection (1) shall be

 

conducted in accordance with the same procedure and in the same

 

manner as is provided by the laws of this state for the

 

condemnation of right-of-ways by railroad companies.as provided in

 

the uniform condemnation procedures act, 1980 PA 87, MCL 213.51 to

 

213.75.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 97th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) House Bill No. 4885.

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5254 (request no.

 

04519'13).