Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 483.1 (2026)

Definitions; crude oil, petroleum, or carbon dioxide substances; buying, selling, or transporting; applicability of subsection (2).

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CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM

Act 16 of 1929

483.1 Definitions; crude oil, petroleum, or carbon dioxide substances; buying, selling, or transporting; applicability of subsection (2).

Sec. 1.

(1) As used in this act:

(a) "Carbon dioxide substance" means a gaseous or liquid substance, consisting primarily of carbon dioxide, that will be put in storage or that has been or will be used to produce hydrocarbons in a secondary or enhanced recovery operation.

(b) "Commission" means the Michigan public service commission.

(2) A person exercising or claiming the right to carry or transport crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances, by or through pipe line or lines, for hire, compensation or otherwise, or exercising or claiming the right to engage in the business of piping, transporting, or storing crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances, or engaging in the business of buying, selling, or dealing in crude oil or petroleum or carbon dioxide substances within this state, does not have or possess the right to conduct or engage in the business or operations, in whole or in part, or have or possess the right to locate, maintain, or operate the necessary pipe lines, fixtures, and equipment belonging to, or used in connection with that business on, over, along, across, through, in or under any present or future highway, or part thereof, or elsewhere, within this state, or have or possess the right of eminent domain, or any other right, concerning the business or operations, in whole or in part, except as authorized by and subject to this act.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a right that exists on March 27, 1929 and is valid, vested, and incapable of revocation by any law of this state or of the United States.

History: 1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11652 ;-- CL 1948, 483.1 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2014

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1954–2025 · leading case: Mayor of Lansing v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 680 N.W.2d 840 (Mich. 2004).

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Mayor of Lansing v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 680 N.W.2d 840 (Mich. 2004). · cites it 2× “16 of the Public Acts of 1929, being § 483.1 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that wants to construct facilities to transport crude oil or petroleum or any crude oil or petroleum products as a common carrier for which approval is required by statute.”

Mayor of Lansing v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 666 N.W.2d 298 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “16 of MCL 483.1 et seq., as the governing body of law.”

Lakehead Pipe Line Co. v. Dehn, 64 N.W.2d 903 (Mich. 1954). · cites it 2× “1948, § 483.1 et seq. [Stat Ann and Stat Ann 1953 Cum Supp §22.”

Dome Pipeline Corp. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 439 N.W.2d 700 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). “Plaintiffs base this argument on definitions of "gas” found in the petroleum act, 1929 PA 16 , MCL 483.1 et seq.; MSA 22.1341 et seq., the natural gas act, 1929 PA 9 , MCL 483.”

20250219_C369156_86_369156.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 3× “BACKGROUND INFORMATION, INCLUDING APPLICABLE LAWS AND AGREEMENTS 1929 PA 16 (“Act 16”), codified at MCL 483.1 et seq., vests the PSC with the power to regulate the transportation of “crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances, by or…”

People of Michigan v. Vickie Rose Hamlin (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “” Defendant Hamlin argues that Enbridge’s easement is void because the Michigan Crude Oil and Petroleum Act (COPA), MCL 483.1 et seq., expressly abolished any and all inherent or implied rights for a person or corporation to do anything having to do with petroleum pipelines.”

Lakehead Pipe Line Co. v. Calhoun Prob. Judge, 186 N.W.2d 395 (Mich. Ct. App. 1971). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to the right of eminent domain granted by the oil pipe line act (MCLA § 483.1 et seq [Stat Ann 1970 Rev § 22.”

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