Current Status Bill Number:3045 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950110 Primary Sponsor:Kirsh All Sponsors:Kirsh, Stille, Stuart Drafted Document Number:PT\1551DW.95 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 12 SLCI Date of Last Amendment:19950328 Subject:Gasoline pumps, labeling requirements
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Senate 19950330 Introduced, read first time, 12 SLCI
referred to Committee
House 19950329 Read third time, sent to Senate
House 19950328 Amended, read second time
House 19950322 Committee report: Favorable with 26 HLCI
amendment
House 19950110 Introduced, read first time, 26 HLCI
referred to Committee
House 19941214 Prefiled, referred to Committee 26 HLCI
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AMENDED
March 28, 1995
H. 3045
S. Printed 3/28/95--H.
Read the first time January 10, 1995.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 39-41-225 SO AS TO REQUIRE A RETAIL DEALER TO AFFIX A LEGIBLE STATEMENT OF THE PERCENTAGE OF ETHANOL, METHANOL, OR A COMBINATION OF THEM TO THE DISPENSER OF ALL MOTOR FUEL KEPT, OFFERED, OR EXPOSED FOR SALE OR SOLD AT RETAIL CONTAINING AT LEAST TWO PERCENT BY VOLUME OF ETHANOL, METHANOL, OR A COMBINATION OF THEM, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PLACEMENT AND SIZE OF THE STATEMENT ON THE PUMP WHICH DISPENSES THE FUEL AND DEFINE "RETAIL DEALER".
Amend Title to Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 39-41-185 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 469 of 1994, is amended to read:
"Section 39-41-185. (A) A motor fuel retail dealer may not transfer, sell, dispense, or offer petroleum products for sale in South Carolina unless every dispenser is posted clearly with the complete registered brand name for the petroleum products being dispensed including the amount of alcohol, ethanol, and methanol, if any, and the octane number. If the petroleum product contains ten percent of more of ethanol or five percent or more of methanol, or a combination of them, the labeling must include the following worded statement disclosing the percentage and the type of alcohol included: `Contains ten percent (10%) of ethyl/methyl/alcohol'. The dispenser labeling must be in the same size and type lettering for all parts of the brand name including that portion of the brand name disclosing alcohol content and amount. For alcohol, ethanol, methanol, or a combination of them, the dispenser label must be in at least a type of one-half inch in height, one-sixteenth inch stroke (width or type), and be in a color that is in clear contrast with the background. Furthermore, that portion of the label disclosing alcohol content must be in a color that is in clear contrast with the background. The motor fuel supplier is required to inform the motor fuel retailer of the percentages of ethanol or methanol that is present in the petroleum product supplied.
(B) The labeling must be conspicuous and legible to a customer when viewed from the driver's position of a motor vehicle positioned in front of the dispenser.
(C) Kerosene dispensers must be labeled as either 1-K or 2-K. 2-K dispensers must display the following in lettering at least one inch in height: `Not suitable for use in nonflue-connected heaters'.
(D) This section does not prohibit the voluntary inclusion of additional alcohol or additive information.
(E) The Department of Agriculture has authority to inspect, sample, and test products subject to the labeling requirements of this section and may promulgate regulations to carry out those duties."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor, except that no motor fuel retailers shall be required to comply with the labeling provisions of Section 39-41-185(A) sooner than January 1, 1996.