Ch. 890                          MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                              1803

DISCLOSURE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR TO OTHER
MANUFACTURERS, REFINERS, OR MOTOR FUEL WHOLESALERS IN
DETERMINING WHETHER A COMPONENT IS A TRADE SECRET THE
COMPTROLLER SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER A COMPETENT
CHEMIST USING MODERN ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES COULD BE
REASONABLY EXPECTED TO IDENTIFY THE COMPONENT.

(C)     EVERY MANUFACTURER. REFINER, OR MOTOR FUEL
WHOLESALER SHALL FILE ALL TERMINAL AGREEMENTS WITH
ADDITIVE AND REFINERY SPECIFICATIONS FOR APPROVAL BY THE
COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY BEFORE ANY SALES CAN BE
MADE.

(D)     EVERY MANUFACTURER. REFINER. OR MOTOR FUEL
WHOLESALER SHALL. FILE ALL EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS WITH
THE ADDITIVE AND REFINERY SPECIFICATIONS FOR APPROVAL BY
THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY BEFORE ANY SALES CAN
BE MADE. ALL ADDITIVE AND REFINERY SPECIFICATIONS SHALL
BE TREATED AS TRADE SECRETS AND MAY NOT BE DIVULGED BY
ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.

[[(E) WHERE EXTREME ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS WOULD PREVAIL,
EMERGENCY AGREEMENTS MAY BE EXECUTED WITHOUT PRIOR
APPROVAL OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY.
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY AGREEMENTS SHALL BE FILED
WITHIN THE TIME PRESCRIBED BY REGULATIONS.]] (E) THE
COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY MAY WAIVE THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION ONLY WHEN THE CONSUMERS IN THE STATE OF
MARYLAND WOULD BE SUBJECT TO EXTREME HARDSHIPS
DURING ANY EMERGENCY OR CIVIL DISTURBANCE.

(F)   [[EVERY MOTOR FUEL WHOLESALER, DIESEL FUEL SELLER,
HEATING OIL DISTRIBUTOR, MANUFACTURER, REFINER, JOBBER,
AND RETAIL SERVICE STATION DEALER SHALL FILE ALL
ADVERTISING MATERIAL AND PROGRAMS BEING USED TO
PROMOTE SALES OF GASOLINE AND SPECIAL FUELS.]] IF THE
COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY FINDS ANY PERSON
WILLFULLY MARKETING GASOLINE AND SPECIAL FUELS THAT
HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED, OR WILLFULLY USING PETROLEUM
PRODUCT ADVERTISEMENTS WHICH ARE DECEPTIVE OR
MISLEADING THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY SHALL ISSUE
A STOP SALE NOTICE. IN ADDITION TO A STOP SALE NOTICE, THE
COMPTROLLER MAY SUSPEND OR REVOKE ANY CERTIFICATION
OF REGISTRATION FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, FOR A
PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY (30) DAYS.

(G)  ANY PERSON, COPARTNERSHIP, OR CORPORATION, OR ANY
MEMBER. OFFICER, AGENT, OR EMPLOYEE OF ANY
COPARTNERSHIP OR CORPORATION, WHO VIOLATES ANY
PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE, IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR
AND, UPON CONVICTION THEREOF, SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A
FINE OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), OR
BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN SIX (6) MONTHS, OR BY
BOTH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.

(H) NO MOTOR FUEL WHOLESALER, DIESEL FUEL SELLER,
HEATING OIL DISTRIBUTOR, MANUFACTURER, REFINER, JOBBER,
[[RETAIL SERVICE STATION DEALER 11, COMMON CARRIER, AND
CONTRACT CARRIER ENGAGED IN INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE
TRANSPORTATION OF GASOLINE AND SPECIAL FUELS MAY
WILLFULLY ADULTERATE OR CO-MINGLE ANY REFINED
GASOLINES WITH OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. NO COMMON