Bill Text: NJ S314 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Concerns sale of certain motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-07-23 - Substituted by A1733 [S314 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S314-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator ROBERT M. GORDON
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Senator JENNIFER BECK
District 11 (Monmouth)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Greenstein and Pou
SYNOPSIS
Concerns sale of certain motor fuel during certain emergencies.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the sale of motor fuel during certain emergencies and supplementing P.L.1938, c.163 (C.56:6-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 201 of P.L.1938, c.163 (C.56:6-2) or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, during a state of energy emergency, as declared by the Governor pursuant to section 15 of P.L.1977, c.146 (C.52:27F-17), when a retail dealer exhausts the dealer's supply of the lowest grade motor fuel, that dealer may sell any remaining supply of higher grade motor fuel at the same price per gallon or liter as the price the dealer charged for a gallon or liter of the lowest grade motor fuel.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that when a retail motor fuel dealer exhausts the supply of the dealer's lowest grade motor fuel during a state of energy emergency that dealer may sell any remaining supply of higher grade motor fuel at the same price per gallon or liter as the price the dealer charged for a gallon or liter of the lowest grade motor fuel.