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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 92

Comptroller of the Treasury before selling or exposing or
offering for sale any gasoline, other motor vehicle fuels or
special fuels and shall 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 that
certificate shall be designated by the Comptroller of the
Treasury. Certificates of registration [shall] MAY not be
issued to retail service station dealers marketing motor
vehicle fuel through retail outlets 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] 1981, 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] DOES not apply
to; (1) (I) stations which do not have such enclosed work
areas prior to the time that they are enlarged, altered or

structurally modified.; OR (2) (II) STATIONS ENLARGED,

ALTERED, OR STRUCTURALLY MODIFIED WHEN LOCAL ZONING BOARDS
OR PLANNING COMMISSIONS RULE IN FAVOR OF CONVERSIONS TO
GASOLINE-ONLY OUTLETS AFTER CONSIDERING THE NEEDS --OF FOR
THIS TYPE OF SERVICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE LOCALITY.
(2) NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABOVE, ALL CONTRACTUAL
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SUPPLIERS AND DEALERS MUST CONFORM TO
THE MARYLAND GASOLINE PRODUCTS MARKETING ACT AND THE FEDERAL
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MARKETING ACT. (3) A service station
which has been closed for 30 days or more prior to July 1,
1977 AUGUST 31, 1978, 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.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 1, 1979.

CHAPTER 93
(Senate Bill 195)
AN ACT concerning

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