Senate File 154 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  ZIEMAN


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring retail dealers of motor fuel to advertise and
  2    sell motor fuel on a whole cent basis, and making penalties
  3    applicable.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2091XS 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 214A.3, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  A retail dealer shall not advertise or
  1  4 sell motor fuel unless the sale price for the motor fuel as
  1  5 advertised and sold by the retail dealer is on a dollar and
  1  6 whole cent basis or on a whole cent basis if the price is less
  1  7 than one dollar.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill amends Code chapter 214A, which regulates the
  1 10 sale of motor fuel, including gasoline and diesel fuel.  The
  1 11 bill provides that a retail dealer (a person engaged in the
  1 12 business of storing and dispensing motor fuel from a motor
  1 13 fuel pump for sale on a retail basis) is prohibited from
  1 14 advertising or selling motor fuel unless the sale price is on
  1 15 a dollar and whole cent basis or on a whole cent basis if the
  1 16 price is less than a dollar.
  1 17    According to Code section 214A.11, a person who violates a
  1 18 provision of Code chapter 214A is guilty of a serious
  1 19 misdemeanor, and each day that a continuing violation occurs
  1 20 shall be considered a separate offense.  A serious misdemeanor
  1 21 is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a
  1 22 fine of at least $315 but not more than $1,875.  The Code
  1 23 section also provides that the state may proceed against a
  1 24 person who violates the Code chapter by initiating an
  1 25 alternative civil enforcement action in lieu of a prosecution.
  1 26 The amount of the civil penalty ranges from $100 to $1,000.
  1 27 LSB 2091XS 82
  1 28 da:nh/es/88