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CHAPTER 250a
OPERATION OF RETAIL SERVICE STATIONS
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Sec. 14-344a. Retail service stations; opening and operation by producers or refiners prohibited after July 1, 1979.
Sec. 14-344b. Retail service stations; operation by producers or refiners prohibited after July 1, 1980.
Sec. 14-344c. Regulation of temporary operation by producers or refiners by Consumer Protection Commissioner.
Sec. 14-344d. State allocation and distribution of fuel not affected. Provisions inapplicable to certain service stations.
Sec. 14-344a. Retail service stations; opening and operation by producers or
refiners prohibited after July 1, 1979. After July 1, 1979, no producer or refiner of
petroleum products shall open a major brand, secondary brand or unbranded retail service station in the state and operate such station with employees of such producer or
refiner, a subsidiary company, commissioned agent or under a contract with any person,
firm or corporation managing such station on a fee arrangement with such producer or
refiner. Any such station shall be operated only by a retail service station dealer. As
used in this chapter, "retail service station" means a place of business where gasoline
or special fuel is sold and delivered into the tanks of motor vehicles for use as fuel in
the operation of such motor vehicles.
(P.A. 79-437, S. 1, 5.)
After July 1, 1980, no producer or refiner of petroleum
products shall operate a major brand, secondary brand or unbranded retail service station
in the state with employees of such producer or refiner, a subsidiary company, commissioned agent or under a contract with any person, firm or corporation managing a service
station on a fee arrangement with such producer or refiner. Any such station shall be
operated only by a retail service station dealer.
(P.A. 79-437, S. 2, 5.)
Sec. 14-344c. Regulation of temporary operation by producers or refiners by
Consumer Protection Commissioner. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection
shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, defining the
circumstances in which a producer or refiner may temporarily operate a previously
dealer-operated station during a period subsequent to July 1, 1980, which period shall
not be, in any case, longer than a commercially reasonable time.
(P.A. 79-437, S. 3, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-9, S. 3, 10.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-9 substituted commissioner of consumer protection for commissioner of motor vehicles.
Sec. 14-344d. State allocation and distribution of fuel not affected. Provisions
inapplicable to certain service stations. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not be
construed as affecting (1) any allocation of gasoline or special fuels to facilities operated
by the state, (2) the operation of any facility for storage or distribution of gasoline or
special fuels by the state or (3) the operation of any state-owned retail service station
by a producer or refiner of petroleum products.
(b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any service station operated by
a producer or refiner of petroleum products with its employees on July 1, 1979, which
is used as a training or test marketing center or for advertising or public relations purposes. No producer or refiner may operate more than one such service station in the
state under the provisions of this subsection.
(P.A. 79-437, S. 4, 5; P.A. 81-145; P.A. 82-245, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 81-145 added Subsec. (b) exempting stations used as training or test marketing centers from provisions
of chapter and limiting number of such stations to be operated by any producer or refiner of petroleum products to one;
P.A. 82-245 added Subdiv. (3) in Subsec. (a) dealing with state-owned stations operated by producers or refiners.
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