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MS SB2686

Bill

Status

Failed

2/1/2011

Primary Sponsor

Lee Yancey

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates "Dylan's Law" to establish safety requirements for consumer gasoline handling and storage in Mississippi, effective July 1, 2011

  • Requires gasoline safety cans with spring-loaded caps for carrying, dispensing, and storing gasoline in quantities not exceeding five gallons

  • Mandates safety can caps close automatically when released and vent excessive internal vapor pressure at approximately five pounds per square inch to prevent rupturing or explosions

  • Requires spouts be equipped with flame-arrester screens designed to prevent outside fires from reaching gasoline inside the can while allowing vapors to burn around the spout

  • Prohibits carrying gasoline in vehicle trunks, even if contained in approved gasoline safety cans

Legislative Description

Dylan's law; require and set regulations for gasoline safety cans.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/1/2011

Full Bill Text

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