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REFINER [[OR WHOLESALER OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SHALL
OPERATE ANY CLASS OF RETAIL SERVICE STATION IN THE STATE

OF MARYLAND]] OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SHALL OPERATE A

MAJOR BRAND, SECONDARY BRAND, OR UNBRANDED RETAIL SERVICE
STATION IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND, WITH COMPANY PERSONNEL,
A SUBSIDIARY COMPANY, OR A COMMISSIONED AGENT.

(D) EVERY PRODUCER, REFINER, OR WHOLESALER OF
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUPPLYING GASOLINE AND SPECIAL FUELS
TO RETAIL SERVICE STATION DEALERS SHALL EXTEND ALL
VOLUNTARY ALLOWANCES UNIFORMLY TO ALL RETAIL SERVICE
STATION DEALERS SUPPLIED.

(E) EVERY PRODUCER, REFINER, OR WHOLESALER OF
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUPPLYING GASOLINE AND SPECIAL FUELS
TO RETAIL SERVICE STATION DEALERS SHALL APPLY ALL
EQUIPMENT RENTALS UNIFORMLY TO ALL RETAIL SERVICE STATION
DEALERS SUPPLIED.

(F) EVERY PRODUCER, REFINER OR WHOLESALER OF
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SHALL APPORTION UNIFORMLY ALL GASOLINE
AND SPECIAL FUELS TO ALL RETAIL SERVICE STATION DEALERS
DURING PERIODS OF SHORTAGES ON AN EQUITABLE BASIS, AND
SHALL NOT DISCRIMINATE AMONG THE DEALERS IN THEIR
ALLOTMENTS.

(G) THE COMPTROLLER MAY ADOPT RULES OR REGULATIONS
DEFINING THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A PRODUCER OR REFINER

TEMPORARILY MAY OPERATE A PREVIOUSLY DEALER-OPERATED

STATION.

(H) THE COMPTROLLER MAY PERMIT REASONABLE

EXCEPTIONS TO THE DIVESTITURE DATES SPECIFIED BY THIS

SECTION AFTER CONSIDERING ALL OF THE RELEVANT FACTS AND

REACHING REASONABLE CONCLUSIONS BASED UPON THOSE FACTS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 855
(Senate Bill 522)
AN ACT concerning

Commercial Food Law — Customer—Formula Feed Manufacturers
FOR the purpose of requiring certain customer-formula