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Ch. 870
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed
and reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
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Article 56 — Licenses
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157F.
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(a) Every motor fuel wholesaler, diesel fuel
seller, heating oil distributor, manufacturer, refiner,
jobber, and retail service station dealer before
marketing gasoline and special fuels shall [be required
to be registered] REGISTER with the Comptroller of the
Treasury before selling or exposing or offering for sale
any gasoline, other motor vehicle fuels or special fuels
and shall [be required to] register annually and shall
make known to the Comptroller his desire to sell gasoline
and special fuels giving the name and manner and kind of
pump or pumps he will use and the location of same, and
shall keep the certificate or certificates of
registration issued by the Comptroller of the Treasury,
posted in a prominent and accessible place in his place
of business where such gasoline and special fuels are
sold. The form of [such] THAT certificate shall be
designated by the Comptroller of the Treasury.
CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION SHALL NOT BE ISSUED TO
RETAIL SERVICE STATION DEALERS MARKETING MOTOR VEHICLE
FUEL THROUGH RETAIL OUTLETS NEWLY ESTABLISHED, ENLARGED,
ALTERED, OR STRUCTURALLY MODIFIED (OTHER THAN AS MAY BE
REQUIRED BY APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY) IN ANY
WAY AFTER JULY 1, 1977, AND BEFORE JULY 1, 1979, UNLESS
THE FACILITIES CONTAIN ENCLOSED WORK AREAS WHERE SERVICE
OF MOTOR VEHICLES IS OFFERED TO CUSTOMERS, IRRESPECTIVE
OF WHETHER OR NOT MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL IS PURCHASED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LUBRICATION, OIL CHANGE,
TIRE REPAIR, BATTERY CHARGE, AND REPLACEMENT OF
ACCESSORIES SUCH AS FAN BELTS, RADIATOR HOSE AND WIPER
BLADES. THIS RESTRICTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO STATIONS
WHICH DO NOT HAVE SUCH ENCLOSED WORK AREAS PRIOR TO THE
TIME THAT THEY ARE ENLARGED, ALTERED OR STRUCTURALLY
MODIFIED. A SERVICE STATION WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR 30
DAYS OR MORE PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1977, SHALL BE CONSIDERED
AS NEWLY ESTABLISHED, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
AT THE TIME AS IT IS REOPENED AND OFFERING MOTOR VEHICLE
FUEL FOR SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1977.
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Approved May 26, 1977.
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CHAPTER 871
(Senate Bill 158)
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