(a) All motor fuel stored or offered for sale in the State is subject to inspection and analysis as provided in this title. (b) The analysis shall be made by a testing method approved by the Comptroller.
(a) Before storing or selling motor fuel in the State, a person or governmental unit shall register with the Comptroller. (b) A separate registration is required for each location where a person or governmental unit stores or sells motor fuel. (c) An applicant for registration shall submit to the Comptroller in the form that the Comptroller requires: (1) a […]
(a) The Comptroller may not issue a certificate of registration to a retail service station dealer who markets motor fuel through a retail service station altered, enlarged, or structurally modified after July 1, 1977, unless: (1) the station contains an enclosed work area where the service of motor vehicles is offered to customers regardless of whether motor […]
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a retail service station dealer may not sell motor fuel below cost. (b) A retail service station dealer may sell motor fuel below cost if the sale is: (1) made in good faith to meet competition; (2) made as part of a final liquidation or closing of the business […]
(a) (1) Each dealer, manufacturer, refiner, or special fuel seller who imports motor fuel into the State shall submit to the Comptroller refinery specifications, including additive specifications, without regard to where the additives become part of the motor fuel. (2) The Comptroller may waive this section only when consumers in the State otherwise would be subject to extreme […]
(a) Before selling motor fuel, each dealer, manufacturer, refiner, special fuel seller, or person operating a facility where motor fuel is stored in bulk for further distribution shall submit to the Comptroller for approval each terminal agreement, each additive specification, and each refinery specification. (b) Before selling motor fuel, each dealer, manufacturer, or refiner shall submit to […]
An employee of the Office of the Comptroller may not divulge an additive specification or a refinery specification.
(a) Before making the first sale in the State of gasoline imported into the State, the seller shall register with the Comptroller each additive introduced into the gasoline after it was received in the State. (b) The registration shall: (1) include the amount of additive blended into each gallon of gasoline; and (2) describe the additive by including: (i) its […]
(a) Before making the first sale in the State of special fuel imported into the State, the seller shall register with the Comptroller each additive introduced into the special fuel after it was received in the State. (b) The registration shall: (1) include the specific amount of additive blended into special fuel; and (2) describe the additive by including: […]
(a) Before making the first sale in the State of a fluid, material, or other item, in a prepackaged form, imported into the State that purports to be a substitute for or improver of motor fuel, the seller shall: (1) submit the item to the Comptroller for inspection; (2) label the item in a way that the Comptroller […]
(a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, each retail service station in the State: (1) shall be operated by a retail service station dealer; and (2) may not be operated by a producer or refiner of motor fuel: (i) with a commissioned agent, company personnel, or a subsidiary company; or (ii) under a contract with […]
(a) A producer or refiner of motor fuel may not include in any agreement or contract entered into with a service station dealer any provision that directly or indirectly limits or waives any right of the dealer to: (1) petition any governmental authority or body; or (2) lawfully advocate or oppose any governmental or regulatory action with respect […]
Each producer, refiner, or wholesaler of motor fuel who supplies motor fuel to retail service station dealers: (1) shall apply all equipment rentals uniformly to all retail service station dealers supplied; and (2) during periods of shortage: (i) shall apportion uniformly and equitably all gasoline and special fuel to all retail service station dealers supplied; and (ii) may not […]
Each contractual relationship between a supplier and retail service station dealer shall conform to the Maryland Gasohol and Gasoline Products Marketing Act and the federal Petroleum Marketing Practices Act.
Each supplier of motor fuel to a retail service station dealer shall ensure that the motor fuel meets specifications set by the Comptroller.
(a) A person who sells motor fuel at retail shall display signs in accordance with this section. (b) (1) All dispensing equipment for motor fuel shall be marked conspicuously to show in numerals of equal size the price, including taxes, of a gallon of the motor fuel offered for sale. (2) If numerals that show a fractional cent are […]
The Comptroller shall issue a stop sale notice if the Comptroller finds that a person: (1) stores or sells motor fuel from a location that does not have a valid certificate of registration; (2) willfully uses a motor fuel advertisement that is misleading; (3) willfully markets motor fuel that has not been approved; or (4) sells motor fuel below […]
(a) The Comptroller may suspend or revoke a registration for a violation of this subtitle, including the submission of a false statement, for a period not exceeding 30 days. (b) If the Comptroller finds that a person has willfully altered, enlarged, or structurally modified a retail service station in violation of § 10-304 of this subtitle, the […]
If, because of the marketing of an unapproved product, the Comptroller under § 10-317 of this subtitle suspends or revokes the registration of a retail service station dealer who is without fault, the supplier of the unapproved product is liable in damages to the retail service station dealer in an amount equal to the net […]
Before a retail or wholesale delivery of motor fuel may be made in a container, the vehicle operator shall remove all liquid volume of: (1) gasoline, if the next delivery will be special fuel; or (2) special fuel, if the next delivery will be gasoline.
