SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 837
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CAUTHORN.
Pre-filed December 17, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
3336S.01I
AN ACT
To repeal section 414.032, RSMo, relating to labeling requirements for ethanol, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 414.032, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 414.032, to read as follows:
414.032. 1. All kerosene, diesel fuel, heating oil, aviation turbine fuel, gasoline, gasoline-alcohol blends and other motor fuels shall meet the requirements in the annual book of ASTM standards and supplements thereto. The director may promulgate rules and regulations on the labeling, standards for, and identity of motor fuels and heating oils.
2. All sellers of motor fuel which has been blended with an alcohol additive shall notify the buyer of same.
3. All sellers of motor fuel which has been blended with at least one percent oxygenate by weight shall notify the buyer at the pump of the type of oxygenate. For the purposes of this subsection, the term oxygenate shall not include ethanol. The provisions of this subsection may be satisfied with a sticker or label on the pump stating that the motor fuel may or may not contain the oxygenate. The department of agriculture shall provide the sticker or label, which shall be reasonable in size and content, at no cost to the sellers.
4. The director may inspect gasoline, gasoline-alcohol blends or other motor fuels to insure that these fuels conform to advertised grade and octane. In no event shall the penalty for a first violation of this section exceed a written reprimand.