84R7942 BEF-D
By: Capriglione H.B. No. 1696
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale or delivery of motor fuel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 17.051, Agriculture Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17.051. NOTICE OF MOTOR FUEL TAXES AND SALE OF ALCOHOL
AND FUEL MIXTURE.
SECTION 2. Section 17.051, Agriculture Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
read as follows:
(a) A dealer may not sell or offer for sale motor fuel from a
motor fuel pump unless the dealer prominently displays on the pump a
sign that complies with Subsection (b).
(a-1) The dealer shall include on the sign the information
required by Subsection (b)(2)(A) if the motor fuel pump is supplied
by a storage tank into which motor fuel, in a mixture in which at
least one percent of the mixture measured by volume is ethanol or
methanol, has been delivered within the 60-day period preceding the
date of sale or offer of sale [unless the dealer prominently
displays on the pump from which the mixture is sold a sign that
complies with Subsection (b)].
(b) A sign required by Subsection (a) must:
(1) be displayed on each face of the motor fuel pump on
which the price of the motor fuel [mixture] sold from the pump is
displayed;
(2) state:
(A) "Contains Ethanol" or "Contains Methanol,"
as applicable;
(B) the federal motor fuel tax imposed on the
motor fuel; and
(C) the state motor fuel tax imposed on the motor
fuel;
(3) appear in contrasting colors with block letters at
least one-half inch high and one-fourth inch wide; and
(4) be displayed in a clear, conspicuous, and
prominent manner, visible to customers using either side of the
pump.
SECTION 3. Section 17.153, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 17.153. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A dealer, distributor,
supplier, wholesaler, or jobber who violates Section 17.051,
17.052, 17.053, 17.054, or 17.055 is liable to this state for a
civil penalty of not less than $200 and not more than $10,000.
(b) The amount of a penalty collected under this section may
be appropriated only to the department to administer and enforce
this chapter.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2016.