SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4657

                                                                             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,                      

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

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

4   in 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 If

11  the gasoline contains alcohols or ethers that have a molecular              

House Bill No. 4657 as amended June 24, 2003

                    as amended July 1, 2003

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

2   ethanol, or both,  those alcohols or ethers are not subject to              

3   the notice requirement of this section.  Gasoline that contains             

4   10% or less ethanol is not subject to the notice requirement of             

5   this section.

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

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

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

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

10  notice shall include a statement indicating that the gasoline               

11  dispensed from the pump meets the quality and purity standards              

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

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

14  section 7(2).                                                               

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

16  notice required by this section in a rule promulgated  pursuant             

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

18  to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws under the administrative           

19  procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.                  

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

21  pursuant to this section is liable for a civil fine not to exceed           

22  $1,000.00 for each  and every  day of the continuance of the                

23  violation.  A civil fine ordered pursuant to this section shall             

24  be submitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the gasoline             

25  inspection and testing fund created by section 8.                           

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

27   rule required by subsection (3) is promulgated.

    <<Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act [shall not take effect until January 1, 2004, or until the energy policy act of 2003, or the safe, accountable, flexible, and efficient transportation equity act of 2003 is passed by the 108th Congress, whichever comes first.]