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2015 SESSION
15102716DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 59.1-21.18:2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 2.2:1 of Title 59.1 a section numbered 59.1-21.18:5 as follows:
§ 59.1-21.18:2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms and phrases shall have the
following meanings:
1. "Petroleum
products" shall mean means kerosene and number one and two
heating oils;.
2. "Supplier"
shall mean means any person, partnership,
company, corporation or association engaged in the refining and subsequent sale
of petroleum products to any distributor in the Commonwealth;.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
3. "Distributor" shall mean means
any distributor, wholesaler, jobber, consignee or commission agent who
purchases or otherwise acquires possession of or an interest in petroleum
products under a contract of supply in the Commonwealth from a supplier for
redistribution or wholesale sale;.
"Force majeure" means an act of God or any other cause not reasonably within the control of the supplier.
4. "Monthly
allocation" shall mean means the
monthly amount of petroleum products sold or otherwise supplied to a
distributor under applicable U.S. Department of Energy regulations and rules,
or which the supplier may otherwise be allocating to its distributors;.
"Necessitous circumstances" means that a condition exists, within or without the Commonwealth, that adversely affects the delivery of motor fuels, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, number one and two heating oils, and liquid propane gas to the citizens of the Commonwealth. "Necessitous circumstances" do not necessarily involve a declared or undeclared state of emergency, disaster, or force majeure within the borders of the Commonwealth.
"Petroleum products" means kerosene and number one and two heating oils.
"Supplier" means any person, partnership, company, corporation or association engaged in the refining and subsequent sale of petroleum products to any distributor in the Commonwealth.
5. "To
discontinue" shall mean means the
failure or refusal to sell a monthly allocation as defined herein to a
distributor for a period of six consecutive months unless such failure or
refusal is the direct and proximate result of force majeure;.
6. "To
reduce" shall mean means the
failure or refusal of a supplier to deliver at least
seventy-five per centum 75
percent of a monthly allocation to a distributor for a
period of two consecutive months unless such failure or refusal is the direct
and proximate result of an allocation percentage factor applied by the supplier
to all its distributors or force majeure;.
7. "Force majeure"
means an act of God or any other cause not reasonably within the control of the
supplier.
§ 59.1-21.18:5. Suspension of weight limits and driver hour limits during interruption in supplies.
Upon the determination by the Director that there are necessitous circumstances, whether occurring in the Commonwealth or elsewhere, that may interrupt the supply or distribution of motor fuels, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, number one and two heating oils, or liquid propane gas within the Commonwealth, he may temporarily suspend the hour-of-service limitations imposed on the driver of any commercial motor vehicle as defined in § 46.2-341.4 and the weight limits set forth in Article 17 (§ 46.2-1122 et seq.) of Chapter 10 of Title 46.2 for commercial motor vehicles hauling such products. No temporary suspension shall be for more than 30 days; however, a temporary suspension may be renewed by the Director.