PRINTER'S NO. 2601
No. 1946 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY BOWLEY, BORTNER, LIVENGOOD, BELFANTI, MARKOSEK,
KUKOVICH, MURPHY, AFFLERBACH, TRUMAN, FREEMAN, VAN HORNE,
R. C. WRIGHT AND VEON, DECEMBER 4, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, DECEMBER 4, 1985
AN ACT
1 Requiring retail gasoline dealers to post gasoline additive
2 information; and imposing penalties.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Gasoline
7 Additive Labeling Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Co-solvent." An alcohol, including ethanol, with higher
13 molecular weight than methanol which is blended with methanol to
14 prevent phase separation in gasoline.
15 "Gasoline." A liquid prepared, advertised, offered for sale,
16 sold for use or used for the generation of power for the
17 propulsion of motor vehicles, including any product obtained by
1 blending together any one or more products of petroleum with or
2 without other products, if the resultant product is capable of
3 the same use.
4 "Gasoline additives." Methanol or a co-solvent.
5 "Retail service station dealer." A person, firm or
6 corporation maintaining a place of business where gasoline is
7 sold and delivered into the tanks of motor vehicles.
8 Section 3. Posting of gasoline additive information.
9 (a) Requirement.--All retail service station dealers shall
10 conspicuously post, on each pump from which gasoline containing
11 gasoline additives is dispensed, a sign clearly indicating the
12 presence of the gasoline additives and the maximum percentage by
13 volume, to the nearest whole percent, of each gasoline additive.
14 (b) Size of sign.--The information required by subsection
15 (a) shall be conveyed in bold block lettering at least one-
16 quarter inch in size.
17 (c) Pump signs.--If a pump is used to dispense gasoline on
18 more than one driveway, the sign required by subsection (a)
19 shall be placed on both sides of the pump.
20 Section 4. Federal requirements.
21 It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any gasoline
22 containing gasoline additives where the blend or mixture is in
23 violation of the specifications or the registration requirements
24 established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
25 pursuant to section 211 of the Clean Air Act (Public Law 95-95,
26 42 U.S.C. § 7545).
27 Section 5. Penalties.
28 Any retail service station dealer who fails to comply with
29 the provisions of this act commits a summary offense and, upon
30 conviction thereof, shall, for the first offense, be sentenced
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1 to pay a fine not exceeding $200, and for a second and each
2 subsequent offense, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
3 $300.
4 Section 6. Effective date.
5 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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