Bill Text: MI HB5469 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Transportation; other; labeling percentage of ethanol in gasoline; require. Amends sec. 4 of 1984 PA 44 (MCL 290.644).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-15 - Printed Bill Filed 03/14/2012 [HB5469 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5469-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5469
March 13, 2012, Introduced by Rep. McMillin and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.
A bill to amend 1984 PA 44, entitled
"Motor fuels quality act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 290.644), as amended by 2003 PA 116.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4. (1) A retail dealer shall not transfer, sell,
dispense, or offer gasoline for sale in this state unless the pump
dispensing the gasoline is posted with a notice, as provided in
subsection (2), that indicates the grade of gasoline and the
additives in the gasoline that are dispensed from the pump. If the
gasoline contains at least 1% alcohol by volume, the notice shall
state: "Contains (indicate the type of alcohol such as ethanol or
methanol, and if methanol the label shall state "alcohol:
methanol", followed, in the same size type, by the concentration to
the nearest whole percent)". If the gasoline contains alcohols or
ethers that have a molecular weight greater than ethanol and are
not
mixed with methanol , or
ethanol, or both, those alcohols or
ethers
are not subject to the notice requirement of this section.
Gasoline
that contains 10% or less ethanol is not subject to the
notice
requirement of this section.
(2) The director shall design a uniform means of providing the
notice required by subsection (1). The notice shall be designed in
such a manner that the consumer can readily identify the grade of
gasoline and the additives in the gasoline. The notice shall
include a statement indicating that the gasoline dispensed from the
pump meets the quality and purity standards established by the laws
of this state and indicating the number of the 24-hour toll free
consumer hot line maintained pursuant to section 7(2).
(3) The director shall include the design for the uniform
notice required by this section in a rule promulgated under the
administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to
24.328.
(4) A person who violates this section or rules promulgated
pursuant to this section is liable for a civil fine not to exceed
$1,000.00
for each day of the continuance of the violation
continues. A civil fine ordered pursuant to under this
section
shall be submitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the
gasoline inspection and testing fund created by section 8.
(5)
Subsection (1) shall does not apply until 90 days after
the
director promulgates the rule required by subsection (3). is
promulgated.
