Business and Professions Code
DIVISION 5. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
CHAPTER 14. PETROLEUM


Advertising medium, as used in this chapter, includes banner, sign, placard, poster, streamer, and card....


(a) Sell or any of its variants means attempt to sell, offer for sale or assist in the sale of, permit to be sold or offered for sale or delivery, offer for delivery, trade, barter,...


Standard test, as used in this chapter, means test conducted in accordance with the latest published standard adopted by the American Society for Testing and Materials....


Octane number or antiknock index number, when used in this chapter, means that number assigned to a spark ignition engine fuel which designates the antiknock quality. The octane...


The sale of compressed natural gas by persons who sell compressed natural gas at retail to the public for use only as a motor vehicle fuel, and who are exempted from public utility...


(a) The Department of Food and Agriculture may grant a variance from the specifications of this chapter for developmental engine fuels if all of the following conditions apply: (1)...


(a) No person who is engaged in the business of extracting oil or gas from lands within the state, or of refining gasoline for sale within the state, may refuse to sell to any city...


(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), it is unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell petroleum products for use in any vehicle, as the term vehicle is defined by the Vehicle...


It is unlawful for any person or other legal entity to make any deceptive, false, or misleading statement by any means whatever regarding quality, quantity, performance, price, discount,...


Every person, firm, partnership, association, trustee, or corporation which owns, leases, or rents and operates a gasoline service station or other facility which offers gasoline or...


Every person, firm, partnership, association, trustee, or corporation which owns, leases, or rents and operates a gasoline service station or other facility which offers gasoline or...


A violation of this article is an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100)....


As used in this article, motor oil dealer means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of producing, packaging, or otherwise preparing motor oil for market, or...


The following persons shall pay to the director a maximum fee of two cents ($0.02) for each gallon of motor oil sold or purchased on or after July 1, 1980, as hereinafter provided: (a)...


The fees provided in Section 13431 are maximum fees and may be established at a lower rate by the director at any time the funds derived from such assessment are more than reasonably...


The director may, by regulation, prescribe the frequency of payments of such assessments, the procedures for such payment, the procedures for refunds of payment, and penalties for late payment....


The moneys which are received by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and shall be used only for the...


(a) The department shall establish specifications for automotive spark-ignition engine fuels. The department shall adopt by reference the latest standards established by a...


For purposes of determining the percentage of a motor fuel (including gasohol) which consists of alcohol, the volume of alcohol includes the volume of any denaturant (including gasoline)...


It is unlawful for any person to sell any product as, or purporting to be, gasoline or automotive spark-ignition engine fuel, unless the product conforms to the specifications of this article....


It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, or cause or permit to be sold or offered for sale, or deliver or offer for delivery, any petroleum product as a fuel for...


The sign or label required by this article to be attached to the inlet end of the fill-pipe of an underground storage tank shall consist of a tag or plate firmly attached or affixed...


The department shall establish specifications for compression-ignition engine fuel, kerosene, and fuel oil. The department shall adopt by reference the latest standards established by...


It is unlawful for any person to sell or deliver to any premises for the purpose of sale, any product as or purported to be compression-ignition engine fuel, diesel fuel, kerosene,...


Engine oil shall not be sold or distributed for use in an internal combustion engine unless the product conforms to the following specifications: (a) It shall meet the engine oil...


Lubricating oil shall not be sold or distributed for use in lubricating manual transmissions, gears, or axles unless the product conforms to the following specifications: (a) It meets...


Any manufacturer or packager of any product subject to this article and sold in this state shall provide, upon request to duly authorized representatives of the department, documentation...


No person shall sell at retail to the general public, any motor fuel from any place of business in this state unless there is displayed on the dispensing apparatus in a conspicuous place...


(a) No person shall sell at retail to the general public any motor vehicle fuel from any place of business in this state unless such person shall post and maintain in legible form...


Any person selling, offering for sale, or advertising for sale, at retail to the general public, any gasoline or other motor fuel from any place of business in this state by use of or through...


Each sign required by this article shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the dispensing apparatus and if service of gasoline or other motor fuel may be made from more than one side...


When a sign is used in addition to a price indicator as defined in Section 13470, and if the same grade of motor fuel is sold at a different price from any other dispenser on the same...


Unless otherwise provided, all letters, figures, or numerals on each sign required by this article, however affixed, marked, imprinted, placed, or embossed, shall be at least three-fourths...


All letters, figures, or numerals which are part of any sign or price indicator required by this article shall be plainly legible. The color or tint shall contrast with the background...


For the purpose of this article, a fraction is considered one numeral....


The provisions of this article do not apply to the sale of motor fuel for aircraft through or from any portable dispensing device.


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(a) It is unlawful for any person to sell any petroleum product referred to in this chapter at any place where petroleum products are kept or stored for sale, unless there is affixed...


If any petroleum product is offered for sale, but not under any brand, trademark, or tradename, the words no brand shall be used as the brand, trademark, or tradename designation. The...


It is unlawful for any person to sell or distribute engine oil or axle and manual transmission lubricant unless the SAE/API service classification is conspicuously marked on each...


The provisions of this article as to size of letters shall not apply to signs or labels at the inlet end of any underground storage tank, which letters may be of any convenient size...


Whenever any pump, receptacle, or other container is maintained or used to serve more than one driveway, the signs or labels required by this chapter shall be placed upon both sides of such...


Small hand measures used for delivery of petroleum products, and filled in the presence of the customer, need not be labeled in accordance with this chapter if the receptacle, container,...


(a) It is unlawful, at any place of business where petroleum products are sold, for any person to do either of the following: (1) Deliver into a storage tank or container any...


The use of pumps or other devices which are capable of withdrawing gasoline from each of two tanks containing different qualities of the same petroleum product and dispensing them as...


The use of pumps or other devices which are capable of withdrawing gasoline from one tank and motor oil, or a premixture of gasoline and motor oil in a known ratio, from another...


(a) It is unlawful for any person to transport in any tank vehicle, for the purpose of sale or for delivery to any place where petroleum products are stored for sale, any...


It is unlawful for any person, when delivering for the purpose of sale, or delivering to any place where petroleum products are kept for sale, to commingle any product with another product...


It is unlawful for any person to deliver into a storage tank or container at any place where petroleum products are stored for sale, any product other than the product identified on...


It is unlawful to deliver aviation gasolines to the fuel tank of any aircraft through the same meter used for deliveries of gasolines not specifically refined or manufactured for aviation use....


It is unlawful for any distributor or for any broker to sell any product to a retailer or to any person, when the quantity distributed in any single delivery to a single location is 5,000...


(a) Nothing in this article applies to price indicators and signs referred to in Article 8 (commencing with Section 13470). However, any numerals designating the price per gallon or liter...


(a) Every person offering for sale or selling any motor vehicle fuel to the public from any place of business shall display on the premises an advertising medium which complies...


(a) It is unlawful for any person to display any advertising medium which indicates the price of motor fuel unless the advertising medium displays all of the following: (1) The price per...


It shall be unlawful for any person to display on or near the premises of any place of business in this state any advertising medium which advertises the price of motor oil offered...


Except as provided by subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 13532, it is unlawful for any person to place any additional advertising matter on any advertising medium referred to...


If any motor fuel or motor oil is advertised for sale, but not under any brand designation, the words no brand shall be used on the advertising medium as a brand designation....


All letters, words, figures, or numerals which are part of the advertising media referred to in this article shall have a heavy type face or stroke, shall be clearly visible, and of a color...


Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the governing body of any city, county, or city and county from enacting ordinances, including, but not limited to, land use...


No petroleum corporation or distributor shall compel or unduly or unreasonably influence any retail gasoline dealer to participate in the giveaway or offer to give away free of charge any item...


This article does not prohibit any person from selling under his or her own trademarks, trade names, brands, or the words no brand, the product of any manufacturer if such person...


No person other than the true manufacturer who purchases any petroleum product shall change the designation under which the product is purchased by him or her, without a written authorization....


Copies of the written authorizations required by this article shall be furnished the department upon request....


(a) A manufacturer, blender, agent, jobber, consignment agent, or distributor who distributes motor fuel products that contain at least 1 percent alcohol by volume, shall state on an invoice,...


Copies of the documentation specified in Section 13570 shall be available for inspection during business hours by duly authorized representatives of the department....


It is the duty of the department acting through the Division of Measurement Standards to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and to appoint and employ such inspectors as may...


The department, its inspectors, and each sealer, are hereby authorized and empowered to inspect the petroleum products referred to in this chapter and to enter, for the purpose of...


The department, each sealer, and any person now or hereafter authorized or empowered by law to inspect the petroleum products referred to in this chapter, may take such sample or samples as...


It is unlawful for any person, or any member, officer, agent, or employee of a firm, association, or corporation, to refuse to permit any person authorized by this article to take such...


If the owner or person in possession of the product of which a sample is taken under this article shall at the time of the taking, demand payment for the commodity taken, then the...


(a) It is unlawful for any person to sell or deliver any petroleum product referred to in this chapter which fails to meet the specifications required by this chapter. (b) It is unlawful...


Upon at least 24 hours' written notice from the owner, manager, or operator of the container, receptacle, pump, or storage tank which has been sealed, to the department or to the sealer of...


If for any reason at the time specified in the written notice the contents are not removed, or the container, receptacle, pump, storage tank, or inlet end of the fill-pipe thereof is...


Upon removal of the contents or proper labeling as provided in this article, the notice previously posted shall be removed and the container, receptacle, pump, or storage tank may be...


No container, receptacle, pump, or storage tank connected thereto, or the inlet end of the fill-pipe of such storage tank, shall, however, be relabeled by the owner, manager, or...


It is unlawful for any person, or any member, officer, agent, or employee of a firm, association, or corporation, other than the department or any of the officers mentioned in this article,...


Each person is guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which any violation of this chapter is committed, continued, or permitted by the person, and the person shall...


The department or any sealer may bring an action to enjoin the violation or the threatened violation of any provision of this chapter or of any regulation made pertaining to the provisions...


Any moneys in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund derived under Chapters 14 (commencing with Section 13400) and 15 (commencing with Section 13700) may be expended for...




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