The Florida Senate

527.11  Minimum storage.--

(1)  Every person who engages in the distribution of liquefied petroleum gas for resale to domestic, commercial, or industrial consumers as a prerequisite to obtaining a liquefied petroleum gas license shall install a bulk storage filling plant of not less than 12,000 gallons (water capacity) within the state.

(2)  A category I liquefied petroleum gas dealer who has entered or who enters into a written agreement with a wholesaler that the wholesaler will provide liquefied petroleum gas to the dealer for a period of 12 continuous months is exempt from the requirements of subsection (1), if the wholesaler has at least 12,000 gallons (water capacity) of bulk storage within this state permanently connected for storage and used as such for each such dealer to whom gas is sold. Such dealer must provide a copy of the written agreement to the department before her or his license may be issued, and the agreement must be submitted annually with the license renewal application. A dealer who does not provide written proof of minimum storage may have her or his license denied, suspended, or revoked. However, no wholesaler shall be required under this section to have more than 300,000 gallons (water capacity) of permanent bulk storage for her or his entire operations in the state.

(3)  An independent dealer who does not have a written contract with a supplier or wholesaler is exempt from the requirement of subsection (1); however, in lieu of the requirement set forth in subsection (1), such independent dealer must install a bulk storage tank with a capacity (water gallons) of not less than the total of liquefied petroleum gas sold by such dealer during the peak month of the preceding calendar year.

(4)  A dealer in liquefied petroleum gas operating a single dispensing unit with a total capacity of 2,000 gallons (water capacity) or less is exempt from the requirements of this section.

(5)  A "wholesaler" as used in this section is any person, as defined by s. 527.01(2), selling or offering to sell any liquefied petroleum gas for industrial, commercial, or domestic use to any person except the ultimate consumer.

History.--ss. 1, 2, ch. 57-219; s. 1, ch. 61-158; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 18, 19, ch. 81-175; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 2, ch. 82-6; s. 5, ch. 84-126; ss. 2, 3, ch. 87-34; s. 9, ch. 90-215; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 727, ch. 97-103.

Note.--Former s. 526.21.