HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Treasury, as purchased from the supplier and he will make no
alteration to any such product received from the supplier.

157F.

(a)  (1) Every motor fuel wholesaler, [diesel] SPECIAL fuel
seller, [heating oil distributor,] manufacturer, refiner,
[jobber,] MARINA, and retail service station dealer before
marketing gasoline [and] OR special fuels shall 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 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 may not be issued
to retail service station dealers marketing motor vehicle fuel
through retail outlets enlarged, altered, or structurally
modified after July 1, 1977 and before July 1, 1988, 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 does not apply to: (i) stations
which do not have such enclosed work areas prior to the time that
they are enlarged, altered or structurally modified; or (ii)
stations enlarged, altered, or structurally modified when the
appropriate county, municipal, or special zoning boards or
planning commissions rule in favor of conversions to
gasoline-only outlets after considering the needs for this type
of service to the general public in the locality, and upon
agreement between the owner and dealer. (2) Notwithstanding the
above, all contractual relationships between suppliers and
dealers must conform to the Maryland Gasohol and Gasoline
Products Marketing Act and the federal Petroleum Products
Marketing Act.

(b)  Every manufacturer, refiner, SPECIAL FUEL SELLER, or
motor fuel wholesaler importing gasoline and special fuels shall
file refinery specifications including additive specifications
regardless of where the additives become a part of the gasoline
and special fuels. When filing, the manufacturer, refiner,
SPECIAL FUEL SELLER or motor fuel wholesaler may designate with
the concurrence of the Comptroller certain components, including
additives, of the gasoline or special fuel as being a trade
secret. For any such component which the Comptroller agrees is a
trade secret, the Comptroller shall make every reasonable effort
to protect the trade secret from disclosure to the general public
or to other manufacturers, refiners or motor fuel wholesalers.
In determining whether a component is a trade secret the