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2019 SESSION

19104096D
SENATE BILL NO. 1600
Offered January 9, 2019
Prefiled January 9, 2019
A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-167.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the labeling of motor fuels.
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Patron-- Dance
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Referred to Committee on Finance
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 59.1-167.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 59.1-167.1. Labeling of motor fuels; notification to reseller.

A. Every dispensing device used in the retail sale of any motor fuel shall be plainly and conspicuously labeled with:

1. The brand name, trademark or trade name of the motor fuel it contains;

2. The grade, blend or mixture of the motor fuel it contains;

3. The octane or cetane rating of the motor fuel it contains; and

4. If the product contains one percent or more ethanol or methanol, information identifying the kind of alcohol and the percentage of each at the time of blending, in letters not less than one inch in height identify the motor fuel and be labeled in accordance with Section 3 of the Uniform Fuels and Automotive Lubricants Regulation published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Handbook 130, titled "Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality," as the same now are or may be hereafter amended, unless the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services, by regulation, amends or rejects identification or labeling requirements established in such publication.

B. Every person delivering gasoline at wholesale to a reseller which contains one percent or more of ethanol or methanol shall provide a written manifest or invoice which conspicuously identifies the gasoline containing one percent or more of ethanol or methanol, and the percentage of ethanol or methanol contained therein. The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services may, by regulation, establish what additional disclosure shall be made about a motor fuel by a person delivering the motor fuel at wholesale to a retailer, so that the retailer may comply with the requirements of subsection A of this section.