(1) A person who operates motor fuel dispenser equipment accessible by the general public shall provide a metering gallonage totalizer for each dispenser and shall maintain records sufficient to enable the department to determine with reasonable accuracy the amount of motor fuel dispensed by the equipment.
  (2) A person shall not exchange, replace, roll back, or otherwise tamper with metering equipment, including a metering gallonage totalizer, without following procedures provided by the department for legitimate maintenance, repair, and replacement of the equipment. However, the prohibition against exchanging or replacing metering equipment shall not take effect until the department has issued a written policy that sets forth the maintenance, repair, and replacement procedures. In developing the policy, the department shall consider other state or federal laws and regulations that govern metering equipment.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 207.1125

  • Department: means the department of treasury or its designee. See Michigan Laws 207.1002
  • Motor fuel: means gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, a mixture of gasoline, diesel fuel, or kerosene, or a mixture of gasoline, diesel fuel, or kerosene and any other substance. See Michigan Laws 207.1004
  • Person: means and includes an individual, cooperative, partnership, firm, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, syndicate, and corporation, both private and municipal, and any receiver, trustee, conservator, or any other officer having jurisdiction and control of property by law or by appointment of a court other than units of government. See Michigan Laws 207.1004
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  (3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony.