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91_HB2909enr HB2909 Enrolled LRB9107923ACtm 1 AN ACT to amend the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards 2 Act by changing Section 4.1. 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 changing Section 4.1 as follows: 7 (815 ILCS 370/4.1) (from Ch. 5, par. 1704.1) 8 Sec. 4.1. (a) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing 9 device which is used to dispense a motor fuel containing at 10 least 1% by volume of ethanol, of methanol, or of a 11 combination thereof, there shall be displayed a label which 12 identifies the maximum percentage by volume, to the nearest 13 whole percent, of ethanol, of methanol, and of co-solvent 14 contained in the motor fuel. Such labelling shall be done in 15 contrasting colors with block letters at least 1/2 inch in 16 height and 1/4 inch in width, and not more than one inch in 17 height and 1/2 inch in width, and shall be visible to 18 customers. The label shall be located on the front or sides 19 of the dispenser and within the top 30 percent of the height 20 of the dispenser. On a dual-faced dispenser, the label shall 21 be affixed on each front or each side in accordance with 22 these requirements. Devices used to dispense only motor fuels 23 which contain a total of less than 1% by volume of methanol 24 and ethanol need not be so labelled. 25 (a-5) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device that 26 is used to dispense a motor fuel containing at least 2% by 27 volume of the methanol derivative methyl tertiary butyl ether 28 (MTBE), there shall be displayed a label stating: "CONTAINS 29 METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE)". The label shall be done 30 in contrasting colors with block letters at least 1/2 inch in 31 height and 1/4 inch in width, and not more than one inch in HB2909 Enrolled -2- LRB9107923ACtm 1 height and 1/2 inch in width, and shall be visible to 2 customers. The label shall be located on the front or sides 3 of the dispenser and within the top 30 percent of the height 4 of the dispenser. On a dual-faced dispenser, the label shall 5 be affixed on each front or each side in accordance with 6 these requirements. Devices used to dispense only motor 7 fuels that contain a total of less than 2% by volume of the 8 methanol derivative MTBE need not be so labeled. 9 (b) Each seller of a motor fuel which contains methanol, 10orethanol, or the methanol derivative MTBE shall notify the 11 purchaser thereof of the percentage by volume of ethanol, of 12 methanol, of the methanol derivative MTBE, and of co-solvent 13 which have been added to such motor fuel, and this 14 information shall appear on the bill of lading, manifest or 15 delivery ticket for such motor fuel. However, this 16 subsection (b) shall not apply to sales at retail. 17 (c) No motor fuel, whether or not it contains any lead 18 or lead compounds, may contain more ethanol,ormethanol, or 19 the methanol derivative MTBE than is permitted, or contain 20 less co-solvent than is required, by the United States 21 Environmental Protection Agency for unleaded motor fuels 22 under Section 211(f) of the federal Clean Air Act. 23 (d) All motor fuel sold or offered for sale by the 24 distributor shall contain the percentage and type of alcohol 25 as stated on the bill of lading, manifest or delivery ticket. 26 (e) With respect to the methanol derivative MTBE, the 27 labeling and notification requirements in this Section shall 28 be enforced beginning 60 days after the effective date of 29 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly. 30 (f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to 31 require or impose an obligation upon the owner or operator of 32 a retail motor fuel dispensing station, facility, or device 33 to perform a test on or measurement of a shipment of motor 34 fuel received to determine the specific content of ethanol, HB2909 Enrolled -3- LRB9107923ACtm 1 methanol, or the methanol derivative MTBE. 2 (Source: P.A. 86-232.) 3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 4 becoming law.