Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 29

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 95

AS AMENDED BY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER72, TITLE 16, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS CONTAINERS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Chapter 72, Title 16, Delaware Code by adding thereto a new section to be designated as §7208 to read as follows:

"§7208. Ownership of liquified petroleum gas containers

Any liquified petroleum gas containers placed upon land, whether aboveground or underground, by a person other than the owner of the land, pursuant to a lease or bailment agreement between the owner of the land and the person placing such containers on the land, be and they are hereby declared to be and shall remain movable property during the term of such lease or bailment, and the ownership thereof shall not be affected by the sale, either private or judicial, through foreclosure, execution process or otherwise, of the land upon which they are placed, nor shall the ownership of such containers by the person placing them upon the land be subordinate to the rights of any purchase of the land at any such sale."

Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply to all liquified gas containers placed upon land by a person other than the owner of the land, either prior to or subsequent to the effective date of this Act.

Approved April 28, 1977.