Bill Text: CT HB05259 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Use Of Debit Cards For Gasoline Purchases And Notification To Handicapped Drivers Of Self-service Pump Refueling Services.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-12 - Signed by the Governor [HB05259 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05259-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 5259 | ||
February Session, 2014 |
LCO No. 1339 | ||
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF DEBIT CARDS FOR GASOLINE PURCHASES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 16a-15 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):
(a) Each person shall publicly display and maintain on each pump or other dispensing device from which any gasoline or other product intended as a fuel for aircraft, motor boats or motor vehicles is sold by such person, such signs as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, by regulation adopted pursuant to chapter 54, may require to inform the public of the octane rating and price of such gasoline or other product. Each person selling such gasoline or other product on both a full-serve and self-serve basis and displaying the price of such gasoline or other product at a location on the premises other than at a pump or other dispensing device shall include in such display both the full-serve and self-serve prices of such gasoline or other product, in such manner as the commissioner, by regulation, may require. All signs as to price shall be the per-gallon price and shall not be the price of less or more than one gallon.
(b) Each person shall publicly display and maintain on each pump or other dispensing device from which any gasoline or other product containing more than one per cent by volume of ethanol, methanol or any other cosolvent, and intended as a fuel for aircraft, motor boats or motor vehicles is sold by such person, such signs as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, by regulation adopted pursuant to chapter 54, may require to inform the public of the amount of methanol, ethanol or any other cosolvent contained in such gasoline or other product.
(c) Each person shall publicly display and maintain, in a like manner, size and print, on each sign on display to the general public intended to inform the public of the price of gasoline and each pump or other dispensing device from which any gasoline intended as a fuel for motor vehicles is sold by such person, such signs as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, by regulation adopted pursuant to chapter 54, may require to inform the public of the price for such gasoline for such members of the public as any such sign that informs of the price of such gasoline for members of any club, members of any retail membership organization or persons who qualify for any special discount offer.
(d) Any manufacturer, hauler, blender, agent, jobber, consignment agent, or distributor who distributes gasoline, or other products intended as fuel for aircraft, motor boats, or motor vehicles, which contain one per cent or more alcohol by volume, shall state the percentage of alcohol and the type of alcohol on any invoice, bill of lading, shipping paper, or other documentation used in normal and customary business practices.
(e) Each person shall publicly display and maintain on each pump or other dispensing device from which any diesel fuel intended as a fuel for motor boats or motor vehicles is sold by such person, the minimum cetane number for such diesel fuel.
(f) Each person shall publicly display and maintain on each pump or other dispensing device from which any gasoline intended as fuel for motor boats or motor vehicles is sold by such person, such signs as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, by regulation adopted pursuant to chapter 54, may require to inform the public of whether, if a discount is offered for payment by cash, payment for such gasoline by debit card is processed at the credit card price per gallon or the cash price per gallon.
[(f)] (g) Any person who, by himself or herself or by his or her agent or employee, violates any provision of this section or such regulations shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or more than two hundred fifty dollars.
[(g)] (h) A violation of subsection (c) of this section shall constitute an unfair trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2014 |
16a-15 |
Statement of Purpose:
To require gas stations to clearly indicate on gas pumps whether debit cards are treated as cash or credit cards for gasoline purchases.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]