55-1102: Same; identification; unlawful acts.
(a) If a liquefied petroleum gas container shall bear upon the surface
thereof in plainly legible characters the name, mark, initials or other
identifying device of the owner thereof, it shall be unlawful for any
person except such owner or a person authorized in writing by him or her:
(1) To fill or refill such container with liquefied petroleum gas or any other gas
or compound; (2) to buy, sell, offer for sale, give, take, loan, deliver or
permit to be delivered, or otherwise use, dispose of, or traffic in any
such container; or (3) to deface, erase, obliterate, cover up or otherwise
remove or conceal or change any such name, mark, initials or other
identifying device of the owner or to place the name, mark, initials or
other identifying device of any person other than the owner on such
container.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to place the name, mark,
initials or other identifying device of any person other than the owner on
any liquefied petroleum gas container.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall make it unlawful for a
manufacturer or supplier to place the name of such manufacturer or supplier
and other markings as required by regulation or code under which the tank
was constructed or the markings required by the interstate commerce
commission on such liquefied petroleum gas container.
History: L. 1951, ch. 332, § 2; July 1.
55-1103: Same; unlawful to fill or refill unmarked containers if
notified by owner.
If the owner of any liquefied petroleum gas container, which is not
marked as to ownership in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of
K.S.A. 55-1102, shall notify any person in writing that he or she
is the owner thereof and objects to such person filling or refilling
such container with liquefied petroleum gas or any other gas or compound,
it shall be unlawful for such person to so fill or refill such container.
History: L. 1951, ch. 332, § 3; July 1.
55-1104: Same; evidence of unlawful use.
The use of a liquefied petroleum gas container marked and identified as
described in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 55-1102, without the written
consent of the owner or a person authorized in writing by the owner to give
such consent, or the possession of such container by any person other than
the owner having his or her name, mark, initials, or other identifying device
thereon, or a person authorized in writing by such owner shall and is
hereby declared to be presumptive evidence of the unlawful use, filling or
refilling, or trafficking in of such liquefied petroleum gas containers.
History: L. 1951, ch. 332, § 4; July 1.
55-1105: Same; penalty.
Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than
six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of
the court.
History: L. 1951, ch. 332, § 5; July 1.