HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1544
PRINTER'S NO. 1937
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1123
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, SCARNATI, HUTCHINSON, BARTOLOTTA, YAW,
WHITE, MENSCH AND WARD, FEBRUARY 8, 2016
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 15, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in weights and measures, further providing for
standards for automotive fuel.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4187.4(b)(2) of Title 3 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
SECTION 1. SECTION 4187.4 OF TITLE 3 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
CONSOLIDATED STATUTES IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SUBSECTION TO READ:
ยง 4187.4. Standards for automotive fuel.
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(b) Automotive fuel.--Automotive fuel sold, offered or
exposed for sale or stored or held for distribution in this
Commonwealth shall comply with all of the following:
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(2) The Uniform Engine Fuels, Petroleum Products and
Automotive Lubricants Regulation as adopted by the National
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Conference on Weights and Measures in the National Institute
of Standards and Technology Handbook 130 and any supplements
and revisions of the regulation[.], except paragraph 2.1.2.
where a vapor pressure tolerance not exceeding one pound per
square inch for ethanol blends of up to 10% shall be allowed
from September 16 through May 31.
(B.1) VAPOR PRESSURE SPECIFICATIONS.--THE DEPARTMENT MAY, BY
PUBLICATION OF NOTICE IN THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, ADOPT VAPOR
PRESSURE SPECIFICATIONS FOR GASOLINE ETHANOL BLENDS WHICH SHALL
REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL ASTM ADOPTS SUCH SPECIFICATIONS, AT WHICH
POINT THE ASTM VAPOR PRESSURE SPECIFICATIONS SHALL APPLY. A
NOTICE PUBLISHED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION
SHALL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE OF PUBLICATION.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days
IMMEDIATELY.
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