Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1457 – Ethanol enhanced motor fuel

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1. Prohibition. No distributor, franchisor or refiner may impose any condition, restriction, agreement or understanding that unreasonably discriminates against or unreasonably limits the sale, resale, transfer or purchase of ethanol or other synthetic motor fuel of equivalent usability in any case in which synthetic or conventional motor fuel is sold for use, consumption or resale.

[PL 1983, c. 852, §1 (NEW).]

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1457

Distributor: shall mean any person engaged in the sale, consignment or distribution of petroleum products to wholesale or retail outlets, whether or not such person owns, leases or in any way controls such outlets;

[PL 1975, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1453

Franchisor: shall mean either a refiner who enters into a franchise agreement with a distributor or retail dealer, or a distributor who enters into a franchise agreement with a retail dealer;

[PL 1975, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1453

Refiner: shall mean any person engaged in the refining or importing of petroleum products;

[PL 1975, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1453

2. Exception. This section does not apply to any distributor, franchisor or refiner which makes available sufficient supplies of ethanol or other synthetic motor fuels of equivalent usability to satisfy its customers’ needs for those products, if those synthetic motor fuels are made available on terms and conditions which are equivalent to the terms and conditions on which conventional motor fuel products are made available.

[PL 1983, c. 852, §1 (NEW).]

3. Reasonable conditions. A motor fuel distributor, franchisor or refiner which does not make available sufficient supplies of ethanol or other synthetic motor fuels of equivalent usability may:

A. Require reasonable labeling of pumps dispensing the ethanol or other synthetic motor fuels to indicate, as appropriate, that the ethanol or other synthetic motor fuel was not manufactured, distributed or sold by that distributor, franchisor or refiner; [PL 1983, c. 852, §1 (NEW).]

B. Issue disclaimers, as appropriate, of product liability for damage from use of ethanol or other synthetic motor fuels; [PL 1983, c. 852, §1 (NEW).]

C. Refuse to provide advertising support for ethanol or other synthetic motor fuels; or [PL 1983, c. 852, §1 (NEW).]

D. Refuse to furnish or provide any additional pumps, tanks or other related facilities required for the sale of ethanol or other synthetic motor fuels. [PL 1983, c. 852, §1 (NEW).]

[PL 1983, c. 852, §1 (NEW).]

4. Ethanol-free motor fuel. A motor fuel distributor, franchisor or refiner may not impose any condition, restriction, agreement or understanding that prohibits or limits the sale, resale, transfer or purchase of conventional, ethanol-free motor fuel products in the State. This subsection applies to contracts entered into or renewed after the effective date of this subsection.

[PL 2015, c. 143, §1 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1983, c. 852, §1 (NEW). PL 2015, c. 143, §1 (AMD).

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