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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 607

the name or trademark of the owner as registered with the
Comptroller pursuant to subsection (b). Such identification
shall be readily discernible at a distance of 50 feet when the
vehicle is not in motion.

(g) (1) Every petroleum transporter shall maintain for
inspection a manufacturer's certificate of origin for each
registered vehicle which shows the measured calibration by pots
or compartments for the vehicle. If such a certificate is
unavailable, a certification by a government agency or a
certified engineering firm shall be acquired and maintained for
inspection at the Comptroller's request.

(2)  The Comptroller may prescribe by regulation the
method of labeling a vehicle's pots or compartments to indicate
the certified gallonage capacity.

(3)  Every vehicle shall be labeled in accordance with
the hazardous materials regulations of the United States
Department of Transportation.

(h) The Comptroller may cancel, suspend, or revoke the
registration of a petroleum transporter, or any registration or
identification marker granted to a petroleum transporter for a
conveyance, for failure to file a report required by subsection
(e) or for the filing of false information in any such report OR
FOR ANY OTHER VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. The petroleum
transporter shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard.

(i) Any person violating any provision of this section is
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to a fine
not exceeding $1,000 for each violation [or imprisonment for six
months or both].

149.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
[and] INCLUDING any retail SERVICE STATION dealer, SPECIAL FUEL
USER, SPECIAL FUEL SELLER, or distributor of motor vehicle fuel
to receive and accept any shipment [in intrastate commerce,] OF
MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL from any LICENSED dealer or SPECIAL FUEL
SELLER, OR TO pay for the same, or to sell or offer same for
sale, unless the statement provided for in § 143 appears upon the
invoice of said shipment. If any SUCH shipment is received [in
intrastate commerce] by any person, firm or corporation [or]
INCLUDING ANY retail SERVICE STATION dealer, SPECIAL FUEL USER,
SPECIAL FUEL SELLER, or distributor, from any LICENSED dealer or
SPECIAL FUEL SELLER OR is sold or offered for sale by him or
them, upon the invoice of which said statement does not appear,
such person, firm or corporation [or] INCLUDING ANY retail
SERVICE STATION dealer, SPECIAL FUEL USER, SPECIAL FUEL SELLER,
or distributor shall pay to the Comptroller the tax herein
imposed or be liable to the State of Maryland for double the
amount of the [license] tax, which [license] tax may be recovered
by civil suit or action in any court of competent jurisdiction.