§ 16a-15 — Display of signs on fuel pumps. Display of signs posting gas prices for public and members of retail membership organization. Statement of percentage and type of alcohol on certain documentation. Display of minimum cetane number for diesel fuel. Display of signs re payment by debit card if cash discount offered.

Connecticut § 16a-15

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 16a: Planning and Energy Policy
• Ch. 295: Energy Planning

Text

(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 display the per-gallon price and shall not display the price of less or more than one gallon, except that a sign as to the price of a specialty engine fuel, including, but not limited to, a racing fuel or a fuel intended for an agricultural or other off-road application, that is not subject to a quality or usability standard established by the American Society for Testing and Materials, or another national consensus quality or usability standard, may display the price per gallon, per one-half gallon or per liter. (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 a 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 or, for a specialty engine fuel described in subsection (a) of this section, the credit card price per gallon, per one-half gallon or per liter or the cash price per gallon, per one-half gallon or per liter. (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. (h) A violation of subsection (c) of this section shall constitute an unfair trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b .

Legislative History

(P.A. 74-285, S. 17, 20; P.A. 75-537, S. 10, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 80-436, S. 6, 7; P.A. 84-244, S. 1; 84-279, S. 2; P.A. 98-128, S. 6, 10; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-89, S. 1; P.A. 06-29, S. 1; P.A. 07-217, S. 65; P.A. 13-270, S. 1; P.A. 14-16, S. 1; P.A. 23-99, S. 1.) History: P.A. 75-537 replaced energy agency administrator with commissioner of planning and energy policy; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner with secretary of the office of policy and management; P.A. 80-436 required that signs display per-gallon price; P.A. 84-244 divided section into Subsecs. and required persons selling gasoline or other product on both a full-serve and self-serve basis and displaying the price of the product in a place other than the pump to include in such display both the full-serve and self-serve price of the product as the commissioner of consumer protection requires; P.A. 84-279 inserted new Subsecs. (b) and (c), requiring invoices and signs to display the amount of methanol, ethanol or other cosolvent in gasoline or other fuel, designating prior provisions as Subsecs. (a) and (d) and substituting “commissioner of consumer protection” for “secretary” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 98-128 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b), added new Subsec. (c) to establish specific requirements for the period commencing May 27, 1998, and ending on October 1, 1998, re displaying a notice to inform public of requirements of Subsec. (c) of Sec. 14-332a and redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (d) and (e), effective May 27, 1998; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-89 amended Subsec. (c) by designating existing provisions as new Subdiv. (1), making technical changes therein, and adding new Subdiv. (2) re posting of gas prices for members of the public and members of any retail membership organization, effective June 7, 2005; P.A. 06-29 deleted former Subsec. (c)(1) re notice display during period from May 27, 1998, to October 1, 1998, redesignated existing Subsec. (c)(2) as new Subsec. (c) and added Subsec. (f) specifying that violation of Subsec. (c) is an unfair trade practice, effective May 8, 2006; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (e), effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 13-270 added new Subsec. (e) re display of minimum cetane number for diesel fuel on each pump or other dispensing device and redesignated existing Subsecs. (e) and (f) as Subsecs. (f) and (g), effective January 1, 2014; P.A. 14-16 added new Subsec. (f) re display of signs informing public if payment by debit card is processed at credit card or cash price per gallon and redesignated existing Subsecs. (f) and (g) as Subsecs. (g) and (h); P.A. 23-99 amended Subsecs. (a) and (f) by adding provisions re specialty engine fuels, and made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective June 29, 2023.