HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              2809

CHAPTER 372

(House Bill 747)

AN ACT concerning

Corrective Bill - Marketing of Gasoline Products

FOR the purpose of correcting an inconsistency in the
Journals of the House of Delegates and Senate of
Maryland regarding Chapter 993 of the Acts of 1978, an
enactment that altered certain definitions and dealt
with the wholesale price of gasoline to noncontrolled
outlets; revising a certain definition and clarifying
language; providing for a certain retroactivity;
generally relating to gasoline and the marketing of
gasoline products; and making this Act an emergency
measure.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Commercial Law
Section 11-301 and 11-304(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1975 Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article - Commercial Law

11-301.

(a)  In this subtitle the following words have the
meanings indicated.

(b)  "Controlled outlet" means an outlet which is
operated by a distributor or operated by company employees,
a subsidiary company, commissioned agent, or by any person
who manages the outlet on a fee arrangement with the
distributor.

(c) (1) "Dealer" means a person engaged in the retail
sale of gasohol or gasoline products under a marketing
agreement, at least 30 percent of whose gross revenue is
derived from the retail sale of gasoline products.

(2) "Dealer" does not include an employee of a
distributor.