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91_HB2909enr
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1 AN ACT to amend the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards
2 Act by changing Section 4.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act is
6 amended by changing Section 4.1 as follows:
7 (815 ILCS 370/4.1) (from Ch. 5, par. 1704.1)
8 Sec. 4.1. (a) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing
9 device which is used to dispense a motor fuel containing at
10 least 1% by volume of ethanol, of methanol, or of a
11 combination thereof, there shall be displayed a label which
12 identifies the maximum percentage by volume, to the nearest
13 whole percent, of ethanol, of methanol, and of co-solvent
14 contained in the motor fuel. Such labelling shall be done in
15 contrasting colors with block letters at least 1/2 inch in
16 height and 1/4 inch in width, and not more than one inch in
17 height and 1/2 inch in width, and shall be visible to
18 customers. The label shall be located on the front or sides
19 of the dispenser and within the top 30 percent of the height
20 of the dispenser. On a dual-faced dispenser, the label shall
21 be affixed on each front or each side in accordance with
22 these requirements. Devices used to dispense only motor fuels
23 which contain a total of less than 1% by volume of methanol
24 and ethanol need not be so labelled.
25 (a-5) Upon any retail motor fuel dispensing device that
26 is used to dispense a motor fuel containing at least 2% by
27 volume of the methanol derivative methyl tertiary butyl ether
28 (MTBE), there shall be displayed a label stating: "CONTAINS
29 METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE)". The label shall be done
30 in contrasting colors with block letters at least 1/2 inch in
31 height and 1/4 inch in width, and not more than one inch in
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1 height and 1/2 inch in width, and shall be visible to
2 customers. The label shall be located on the front or sides
3 of the dispenser and within the top 30 percent of the height
4 of the dispenser. On a dual-faced dispenser, the label shall
5 be affixed on each front or each side in accordance with
6 these requirements. Devices used to dispense only motor
7 fuels that contain a total of less than 2% by volume of the
8 methanol derivative MTBE need not be so labeled.
9 (b) Each seller of a motor fuel which contains methanol,
10 or ethanol, or the methanol derivative MTBE shall notify the
11 purchaser thereof of the percentage by volume of ethanol, of
12 methanol, of the methanol derivative MTBE, and of co-solvent
13 which have been added to such motor fuel, and this
14 information shall appear on the bill of lading, manifest or
15 delivery ticket for such motor fuel. However, this
16 subsection (b) shall not apply to sales at retail.
17 (c) No motor fuel, whether or not it contains any lead
18 or lead compounds, may contain more ethanol, or methanol, or
19 the methanol derivative MTBE than is permitted, or contain
20 less co-solvent than is required, by the United States
21 Environmental Protection Agency for unleaded motor fuels
22 under Section 211(f) of the federal Clean Air Act.
23 (d) All motor fuel sold or offered for sale by the
24 distributor shall contain the percentage and type of alcohol
25 as stated on the bill of lading, manifest or delivery ticket.
26 (e) With respect to the methanol derivative MTBE, the
27 labeling and notification requirements in this Section shall
28 be enforced beginning 60 days after the effective date of
29 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
30 (f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
31 require or impose an obligation upon the owner or operator of
32 a retail motor fuel dispensing station, facility, or device
33 to perform a test on or measurement of a shipment of motor
34 fuel received to determine the specific content of ethanol,
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1 methanol, or the methanol derivative MTBE.
2 (Source: P.A. 86-232.)
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.
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