Bill Text: NJ A1237 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases penalty amount for violations of certain laws regulating retail sale of motor fuel to not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee [A1237 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1237-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LINDA STENDER
District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Increases penalty amount for violations of certain laws regulating retail sale of motor fuel to not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the sale of motor fuels and amending P.L.1938, c.163.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 301 of P.L.1938, c.163 (C.56:6-3) is amended to read as follows:
301. Every retail dealer who shall fail to post and publicly display, in the manner herein required, a sign stating the price per gallon, or per gallon and per liter, of all motor fuel sold by said retail dealer, or who shall sell motor fuel at a price other than the per gallon or per liter price, as provided in article II hereof, or who shall violate any other provisions of article II of this act, shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty of not less than [fifty dollars ($50.00)] $500 nor more than [two hundred dollars ($200.00)] $1,000 for each such offense, and his license shall be suspended for a period of not less than five (5) days nor more than thirty (30) days, and in default of the payment of such penalty shall be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 30 days. If there shall be a conviction upon a second or subsequent offense, the license of the convicted retail dealer, issued under the provisions and procedure in chapter thirty-nine of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes, shall be revoked by the Director of the Division of Taxation.
(cf: P.L.1981, c.230, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill increases the monetary penalties for violations of the law regulating the retail sale of motor fuels from a penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $200 for each such offense, to a penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for each offense.
Section 201 of P.L.1938, c.163 (C.56:6-2) provides for: (1) the display and maintenance of a properly posted sign on each pump from which motor fuel is sold; (2) the selling of motor fuel at a price equal to or greater than its net cost to the retail dealer, plus all selling expenses; (3) the requirement to sell only at the posted price; (4) the prohibition of the giving of rebates, allowances, concessions or benefits either directly or indirectly so as to permit any person to obtain motor fuels from a retail dealer below the posted price, except in one specified instance; (5) the prohibition of the use of lotteries, wheels of fortune, punch boards, or other games of chance in connection with the sale of motor fuels; (6) the prohibition of changing the selling price more than once in any 24-hour period; and (7) the proper branding of dispensing and storage equipment.
