PRINTER'S NO. 1647
No. 1255 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY WAGNER, JANUARY 10, 2002
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
JANUARY 10, 2002
AN ACT
1 Defining full-service and self-service motor vehicle fuel
2 stations; establishing minimum services; requiring motor
3 vehicle fuel stations to have air pumps for the public and
4 for certain services for persons with disabilities; and
5 imposing a penalty.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Short title.
9 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Motor Vehicle
10 Fuel Station Act.
11 Section 2. Definitions.
12 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
13 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
14 context clearly indicates otherwise:
15 "Full-service." A retail motor vehicle fuel station or motor
16 vehicle fuel pump which offers attendant service to the public
17 for the dispensing of motor vehicle fuel into a motor vehicle.
18 "Persons with disabilities." A person who has been issued a
19 current special registration plate and special parking placard
1 under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1338 (relating to handicapped plate and
2 placard) or who has been issued a current severely disabled
3 veteran plate or placard under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1342 (relating to
4 veteran plates and placard).
5 "Retail motor vehicle fuel station." A place of business
6 where motor vehicle fuel is sold and dispensed into the tanks of
7 motor vehicles, either by means of a self-service or full-
8 service pump.
9 "Self-service." A retail motor vehicle fuel station or a
10 motor vehicle fuel pump which offers motor vehicle fuel to the
11 public which is dispensed into a motor vehicle by persons other
12 than the service station attendant.
13 Section 3. Minimum services to be provided at full-service
14 station or full-service pump.
15 Upon request, the minimum services which must be provided at
16 a full-service station or full-service pump shall include, but
17 not be limited to, checking the oil in a motor vehicle, cleaning
18 the windshields and checking the automatic transmission fluid.
19 These services shall be provided at no additional charge to the
20 posted full-service price.
21 Section 4. Duty of retail motor vehicle fuel station owners.
22 A retail motor vehicle fuel station owner shall make
23 available to the public a power-driven air pump device for the
24 purpose of inflating motor vehicle tires. It shall be available
25 for public use at all times when the station is open for
26 business, except when the pump becomes inoperable for any
27 reason. The owner shall not be in violation of this act if the
28 owner exercises due diligence to repair an inoperable pump or
29 provide another similar device as soon as possible. Nothing in
30 this act shall preclude a retail motor vehicle fuel station
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1 owner or operator from charging a fee for this service.
2 Section 5. Services for persons with disabilities.
3 A retail motor vehicle fuel station which offers motor
4 vehicle fuel to the public at both full-service and self-service
5 motor vehicle fuel pumps shall provide the services required by
6 section 3 to persons with disabilities at the self-service motor
7 vehicle fuel pump and at the posted self-service price between
8 the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. local time.
9 Section 6. Penalty.
10 Any violation of this act represents a violation of the act
11 of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair
12 Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.
13 Section 7. Effective date.
14 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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