ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 380

CHAPTER 380
(House Bill 829)

AN ACT concerning

Business Regulation - Registration of Service Station Dealers and Sale of

Gasoline Products

FOR the purpose of repealing extending the expiration date of the conditional
prohibition against the Comptroller of the State on the issuance of a certificate
of registration to a retail service station dealer who markets motor fuel through
a retail service station that has been altered, enlarged, or structurally modified;
repealing extending the provision of law that requires a producer, refiner, or
wholesaler of motor fuel to extend voluntary allowances uniformly to all retail
service station dealers supplied by the producer, refiner, or wholesaler; and
generally relating to certificates of registration for retail service station dealers
and the sale of gasoline products.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 10-304 and 10-312
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Business Regulation

10-304.

(a)     The Comptroller may not issue a certificate of registration to a retail
service station dealer who markets motor fuel through a retail service station altered,
enlarged, or structurally modified after July 1, 1977, [and before October 1, 2004
2009,] unless:

(1)     the station contains an enclosed work area where the service of motor
vehicles is offered to customers regardless of whether motor fuel is bought; and

(2)     the services offered include a battery charge, lubrication, oil change,
tire repair, and replacement of accessories such as fan belts, radiator hoses, or wiper
blades.

(b)     Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Comptroller may issue
a certificate of registration to a retail service station dealer who markets motor fuel
through:

(1) a retail service station that, before it is altered, enlarged, or
structurally modified, lacks an enclosed work area; or

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