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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1430
BY REPRESENTATIVE MONICA
PETROLEUM/OIL-GAS: Provides for placement of warning signs on ethanol gas pumps
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 3:4676, relative to warning signs on ethanol pumps; to provide for a warning2
sign on pumps that dispense ethanol; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 3:4676 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 5
ยง4676. Ethanol warning sign; marine engines and lawn equipment6
Any pump which dispenses petroleum containing ethanol shall affix to that7
pump a sign containing the following: "Warning - Ethanol gas may cause damage8
to marine engines and lawn equipment." The sign shall be capitalized, in bold typed9
print of not less than fourteen-point font, and clearly, distinctly, and conspicuously10
placed where the consumer can see it.11
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Monica HB No. 1430
Abstract: Provides for a warning sign on petroleum pumps that dispense ethanol.
Proposed law requires any pump which dispenses petroleum containing ethanol to affix to
that pump a sign containing the following: "Warning - Ethanol gas may cause damage to
marine engines and lawn equipment." The sign shall be capitalized, in bold typed print of
not less than 14-point font, and clearly, distinctly, and conspicuously placed where the
consumer can see it.
(Adds R.S. 3:4676)