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91_HB2908

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Motor Fuel  and  Petroleum  Standards
 2    Act by adding Section 4.2.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act is
 6    amended by adding Section 4.2 as follows:

 7        (815 ILCS 370/4.2 new)
 8        Sec. 4.1.  Motor fuel containing  methyl  tertiary  butyl
 9    ether; labeling.
10        (a) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device which is
11    used to dispense a motor fuel containing any amount of methyl
12    tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), there shall be displayed a label
13    stating  that  the  motor fuel contains methyl tertiary butyl
14    ether.   The labelling shall be done  in  contrasting  colors
15    with  block  letters at least 1/2 inch in height and 1/4 inch
16    in width, and not more than one inch in height and  1/2  inch
17    in width, and shall be visible to customers.
18        (b)  Each  seller  of  a motor fuel which contains methyl
19    tertiary butyl ether shall  notify  the  purchaser  that  the
20    motor  fuel  contains  methyl  tertiary  butyl  ether,  and a
21    statement of that fact shall appear on the  bill  of  lading,
22    manifest,  or  delivery  ticket for the motor fuel.  However,
23    this subsection (b) shall not apply to sales at retail.

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