HOUSE BILL No. 4805


     June 17, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Rick Johnson, Vander Roest, Kowall, Vear, Allen and
Hager and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1984 PA 44, entitled

   "Motor fuels quality act,"

   by amending section 4 (MCL 290.644), as amended by 1986 PA 127.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 4.  (1) A retail dealer shall not transfer, sell, dis-

 2    pense, or offer gasoline for sale in this state unless the pump

 3    dispensing the gasoline is posted with a notice, as provided in

 4    subsection (2), that indicates the grade of gasoline and the

 5    additives in the gasoline that are dispensed from the pump. 
             If

 6     the gasoline contains at least 1% alcohol by volume, the
                       notice

 7     shall state:  "Contains (indicate the type of alcohol such
                       as

 8     ethanol or methanol, and if methanol the label shall state

 9     "alcohol:  methanol", followed, in the same size type, by
                       the

10     concentration to the nearest whole percent)".  However, if
                       the

11     gasoline contains alcohols or ethers that have a molecular
                       weight


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 1    greater than ethanol and are not mixed with methanol or
             ethanol,

 2     or both, those alcohols or ethers are not subject to the
                       notice

 3     requirement of this section. 

 4         (2) The director shall design a uniform means of providing

 5    the notice required by subsection (1).  The notice shall be

 6    designed in such a manner that the consumer can readily identify

 7    the grade of gasoline and the additives in the gasoline.  The

 8    notice shall include a statement indicating that the gasoline

 9    dispensed from the pump meets the quality and purity standards

10    established by the laws of this state and indicating the number

11    of the 24-hour toll free consumer hot line maintained pursuant to

12    section 7(2).

13         (3) The director shall include the design for the uniform

14    notice required by this section in a rule promulgated 
             pursuant

15     to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections
                       24.201

16     to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  UNDER THE
                       ADMINISTRATIVE

17    PROCEDURES ACT OF 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 TO 24.328.

18         (4) A person who violates this section or rules promulgated

19     pursuant to  UNDER this section is liable for a
             civil fine not

20    to exceed $1,000.00 for each  and every  day of the
             continuance

21    of the violation.  A civil fine ordered  pursuant to
              UNDER this

22    section shall be submitted to the state treasurer for deposit in

23    the gasoline inspection and testing fund created by section 8.

24          (5) Subsection (1) shall not apply until 90 days after
             the

25     rule required by subsection (3) is promulgated. 







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