HB-5852, As Passed House, December 13, 2012HB-5852, As Passed Senate, December 13, 2012

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5852

     A bill to amend 1964 PA 283, entitled

"Weights and measures act,"

by amending section 28e (MCL 290.628e), as added by 2012 PA 254.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 28e. (1) Beginning 1 year after the effective date of the

amendatory act that added this section, Beginning July 2, 2013, if

motor fuel is sold at a roadside retail location, the roadside

advertising shall comply with all of the following:

     (a) The price advertised shall be clearly and completely

posted in full, including any fractional prices, to the tenth of a

cent.

     (b) The price advertised shall include the grade of fuel being

sold, with the following abbreviations allowed:

     (i) Regular gasoline: "Regular", "Reg.", or "Reg,".

     (ii) Midgrade gasoline: "Midgrade", "Mid.", or "Mid,".

     (iii) Premium gasoline: "Premium", "Prem.", or "Prem,".

     (iv) Diesel fuel: "Diesel", "Dsl.", or "Dsl,".

     (v) Kerosene fuel: "Kerosene", "Ker.", or "Ker,".

     (vi) E85 fuel ethanol: "E85".

     (c) All prices shall be capable of being displayed at the

pump, but only the unit price of the selected product shall be

displayed during the transaction. All indications on the pump

display shall calculate the correct total price of the purchase.

     (d) If Subject to subsection (3), if the advertised price of

the motor fuel is subject to 1 or more conditions for sale at that

price, other than payment by cash or credit card, the retailer

shall post the conditions immediately next adjacent to the sales

price with equal illumination in lettering of the same style and of

at least 1/2 the size that is used to post the sale price.

     (e) If the unit price for the same grade of motor fuel

differs, and the sign will not accommodate displaying all prices

shall be displayed in lettering of the same style and size, the

highest price shall be displayed in lettering using the largest

size of the prices that are displayed.

     (2) Subsection (1)(b) does not preclude the owner or operator

of a business selling motor fuel at a roadside retail location from

using a proprietary fuel name.

     (3) Beginning July 2, 2017, the requirement of subsection

(1)(d) also applies to conditions regarding payment by cash or

credit card.