BILL NUMBER: AB 2656	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 13480 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to petroleum.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2656, as introduced, Jones. Petroleum: labeling.
   Existing law makes it unlawful to sell specified petroleum
products unless a sign or label is posted, as prescribed, that
contains specified information relating to the product and its
contents.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13480 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   13480.  (a) It is unlawful for  any   a 
person to sell  any   a  petroleum product
referred to in this chapter at  any   
 a  place where petroleum products are kept or stored for
sale, unless there is affixed to each container, receptacle, pump,
dispenser, and inlet end of the fill pipe of each underground storage
tank, from which or into which that product is drawn or poured out
for sale or delivery, a sign or label plainly visible consisting of
the name of the product, the brand, trademark, or trade name of the
product, and, in the case of engine fuel and kerosene, the grade or
brand name designation.
   (b) When the product is oil, as defined by Section 13401, each
sign or label shall also have in letters or numerals, plainly
visible, the viscosity grade classification as determined in
accordance with the SAE International latest standard for engine oil
viscosity classification SAE J300 or manual transmission and axle
lubricants viscosity classification SAE J306, as applicable, and
shall be preceded by the letters "SAE."
   (c) When the product is automotive spark-ignition engine fuel,
except M-85 and M-100 methanol fuel, there shall be conspicuously
displayed on the dispensing device at least one sign or label showing
the minimum octane number or antiknock index, as defined in Section
13403, of the product sold therefrom.
   (d) When the product is a motor fuel consisting of a mixture or
premixture of gasoline and oil or gasoline-oxygenate blend and motor
oil, there shall be conspicuously displayed on the dispensing device
at least one sign or label stating the ratio of gasoline to motor oil
or gasoline-oxygenate blend to motor oil.
   (e) All signs or labels required by this section for retail motor
fuel dispensers and containers of more than one gallon capacity shall
be in letters and numerals not less than one-half inch (12.70 mm) in
height. On containers of one gallon or less, the signs or labels
shall be in letters and numerals not less than one-fourth inch (6.35
mm) in height and one-sixteenth inch (1.59 mm) in width.
   (f) The provisions of this section pertaining to octane numbers or
antiknock index and motor oil SAE International viscosity number
grade shall not apply to products sold for aviation purposes.
   (g) This section shall apply, with respect to thinners or
solvents, only to the sale, delivery, or offer for sale of the
products through service stations, garages, and other retail outlets.