Bill Text: VA SB1600 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Motor fuels; labeling.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756) [SB1600 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SB1600-Chaptered.html
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.