CHAPTER 14. Fuels and Lubricants [13400. - 13620.]
Heading of Chapter 14 amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 591, Sec. 1.
§§ 13400–13620 · 76 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 13400–13405 · 4 sections
- § 13400 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms mean the following: (a) “Advertising medium” includes banner, sign, placard, poster, streamer, and card. (b)…
- § 13404 (a) The sale of compressed natural gas by persons who sell compressed natural gas at retail to the public for use only as a motor vehicle fuel, and who are…
- § 13404.5 The secretary shall establish the method of sale of motor vehicle fuels and lubricants sold at retail to the public. In doing so, the secretary shall adopt, by…
- § 13405 (a) The department may grant a variance from the specifications of this chapter for developmental engine fuels if all of the following conditions apply: (1)…
ARTICLE 2. Sale of Motor Vehicle Fuels and Lubricants §§ 13410–13413 · 3 sections
- § 13410 (a) No person engaged in the business of extracting oil or gas from lands within the state, or of producing motor vehicle fuels for sale within the state, may…
- § 13411 It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell motor vehicle fuel for use in any vehicle, as the term vehicle is defined by the Vehicle Code, on the…
- § 13413 (a) It is unlawful for any person or other legal entity to make any deceptive, false, or misleading statement by any means whatever regarding quality,…
ARTICLE 3. Hours of Business §§ 13420–13422 · 3 sections
- § 13420 Every person, firm, partnership, association, trustee, or corporation that owns, leases, or rents and operates a facility that offers any motor vehicle fuel…
- § 13421 Every person, firm, partnership, association, trustee, or corporation that owns, leases, or rents and operates a facility that offers any motor vehicle fuel…
- § 13422 A violation of this article is an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
ARTICLE 4. Motor Oil Fee §§ 13430–13434 · 5 sections
- § 13430 As used in this article, “motor oil dealer” means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of producing, packaging, or otherwise preparing…
- § 13431 The following persons shall pay to the secretary a maximum fee of five cents ($0.05) for each gallon of motor oil sold or purchased on or after January 1,…
- § 13432 The fees provided in Section 13431 are maximum fees and may be established at a lower rate by the secretary at any time the funds derived from such assessment…
- § 13433 The secretary may, by regulation, prescribe the frequency of payments of such assessments, the procedures for such payment, the procedures for refunds of…
- § 13434 The moneys which are received by the secretary pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and shall be used…
ARTICLE 5. Standards for Spark-Ignition Fuels §§ 13440–13443 · 5 sections
- § 13440 (a) The department shall establish specifications for automotive spark-ignition engine fuels. The department shall adopt by reference the latest standards…
- § 13440.5 For purposes of determining the percentage of ethanol in a gasoline-oxygenate blend for use as a fuel, the volume of ethanol includes the volume of any…
- § 13441 It is unlawful for any person to sell any product as, or purporting to be, gasoline or automotive spark-ignition engine fuel, unless the product conforms to…
- § 13442 (a) It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, or cause or permit to be sold or offered for sale, or deliver or offer for delivery, any product…
- § 13443 The sign or label required by this article to be attached to the inlet end of the fill-pipe of an underground storage tank shall consist of a tag or plate…
ARTICLE 5.5. Standards for Alternative Fuels § 13446 · 1 section
- § 13446 The department may establish interim specifications for alternative fuel for use in motor vehicles until a standards development organization accredited by the…
ARTICLE 6. Standards for Compression-Ignition Engine Fuels, Kerosene, and Fuel Oils §§ 13450–13451 · 2 sections
- § 13450 The department shall establish specifications for compression-ignition engine fuel, kerosene, and fuel oil. The department shall adopt by reference the latest…
- § 13451 It is unlawful for any person to sell or deliver to any premises for the purpose of sale, any product as or purported to be “compression-ignition engine fuel,”…
ARTICLE 7. Standards for Lubricating Oils and Oils Used to Lubricate Transmissions, Gears, or Axles §§ 13460–13462 · 3 sections
- § 13460 Engine oil shall not be sold or distributed for use in an internal combustion engine unless the product conforms to the following specifications: (a) It shall…
- § 13461 Lubricating oil shall not be sold or distributed for use in lubricating manual transmissions, gears, or axles unless the product conforms to the following…
- § 13462 Any manufacturer or packager of any product subject to this article and sold in this state shall provide, upon request to duly authorized representatives of…
ARTICLE 8. Price Indications on Motor Vehicle Fuel Dispensing Apparatus §§ 13470–13477 · 8 sections
- § 13470 (a) A person shall not sell at retail to the general public, any motor vehicle fuel from any place of business in this state unless there is displayed on the…
- § 13470.5 Any person selling, offering for sale, or advertising for sale, at retail to the general public, any gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel from any place of…
- § 13471 Each sign required by this article shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the dispensing apparatus and if service of motor vehicle fuel may be made from…
- § 13472 When a sign is used in addition to a price indicator, as defined in Section 13470, and if the same grade of motor vehicle fuel is sold at a different price…
- § 13473 Unless otherwise provided, all letters, figures, or numerals on each sign required by this article, however affixed, marked, imprinted, placed, or embossed,…
- § 13474 All letters, figures, or numerals which are part of any sign or price indicator required by this article shall be plainly legible. The color or tint shall…
- § 13475 For the purpose of this article, a fraction is considered one numeral.
- § 13477 The provisions of this article do not apply to the sale of motor vehicle fuel for aircraft through or from any portable dispensing device.
ARTICLE 9. Labeling §§ 13480–13490 · 9 sections
- § 13480 (a) It is unlawful for any person to sell any motor vehicle fuel or lubricant referred to in this chapter at any place where motor vehicle fuels or lubricants…
- § 13481 (a) If any motor vehicle fuel or lubricant is offered for sale, but not under any brand, trademark, or trade name, the words “no brand” shall be used as the…
- § 13482 (a) It is unlawful for any person to sell or distribute engine oil or lubricant unless both of the following are met: (1) The product conforms to a minimum of…
- § 13483 The provisions of this article as to size of letters shall not apply to signs or labels at the inlet end of any underground storage tank, which letters may be…
- § 13484 Whenever any pump, receptacle, or other container is maintained or used to serve more than one driveway, the signs or labels required by this chapter shall be…
- § 13485 Small hand measures used for delivery of motor vehicle fuels or lubricants, and filled in the presence of the customer, need not be labeled in accordance with…
- § 13486 (a) It is unlawful, at any place of business where motor vehicle fuels or lubricants are sold, for any person to do either of the following: (1) Deliver into a…
- § 13489 The use of pumps or other devices which are capable of withdrawing gasoline from each of two tanks containing different qualities of the same petroleum product…
- § 13490 The use of pumps or other devices which are capable of withdrawing gasoline from one tank and motor oil, or a premixture of gasoline and motor oil in a known…
ARTICLE 10. Tank Vehicles §§ 13500–13503 · 4 sections
- § 13500 It is unlawful for any person to transport in any tank vehicle, for the purpose of sale or for delivery to any place where motor vehicle fuels or lubricants…
- § 13501 It is unlawful for any person, when delivering for the purpose of sale, or delivering to any place where products referred to in this chapter are kept for…
- § 13502 It is unlawful for any person to deliver into a storage tank or container at any place where products referred to in this chapter are stored for sale, any…
- § 13503 It is unlawful to deliver aviation gasolines to the fuel tank of any aircraft through the same meter used for deliveries of gasolines not specifically refined…
ARTICLE 11. Basis of Settlement § 13520 · 1 section
- § 13520 It is unlawful for any distributor or for any broker to sell any product to a retailer or to any person, when the quantity distributed in any single delivery…
ARTICLE 12. Price Sign Advertising §§ 13530–13540 · 8 sections
- § 13530 (a) Nothing in this article applies to price indicators and signs referred to in Article 8 (commencing with Section 13470). However, any numerals designating…
- § 13531 (a) (1) Every person offering for sale or selling any motor vehicle fuel to the public from any place of business shall display on the premises an advertising…
- § 13532 (a) It is unlawful for any person to display any advertising medium that indicates the price of motor vehicle fuel unless the advertising medium displays all…
- § 13533 It shall be unlawful for any person to display on or near the premises of any place of business in this state any advertising medium which advertises the price…
- § 13534 (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), and subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 13532, it is unlawful for any person to place any additional…
- § 13535 If any motor vehicle fuel or lubricant is advertised for sale, but not under any brand designation, the words “no brand” shall be used on the advertising…
- § 13536 All letters, words, figures, or numerals which are part of the advertising media referred to in this article shall have a heavy type face or stroke, shall be…
- § 13540 Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the governing body of any city, county, or city and county from enacting ordinances, including, but not…
ARTICLE 13. Inducements for the Sale of Motor Vehicle Fuel § 13550 · 1 section
- § 13550 No motor vehicle fuel producer or distributor shall compel or unduly or unreasonably influence any retail dealer to participate in the giveaway or offer to…
ARTICLE 14. Passing Off §§ 13561–13571 · 5 sections
- § 13561 This article does not prohibit any person from selling under his or her own trademarks, trade names, brands, or the words “no brand,” the product of any…
- § 13562 No person other than the true manufacturer who purchases any petroleum product shall change the designation under which the product is purchased by him or her,…
- § 13568 Copies of the written authorizations required by this article shall be furnished the department upon request.
- § 13570 (a) A manufacturer, blender, agent, jobber, consignment agent, or distributor who distributes motor vehicle fuel that contains at least 1 percent alcohol by…
- § 13571 Copies of the documentation specified in Section 13570 shall be available for inspection during business hours by duly authorized representatives of the…
ARTICLE 16. Enforcement §§ 13590–13600 · 11 sections
- § 13590 It is the duty of the department acting through the Division of Measurement Standards to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and to appoint and employ…
- § 13591 (a) The department, its inspectors, and each sealer, are hereby authorized and empowered to inspect the motor vehicle fuels or lubricants referred to in this…
- § 13592 The department, each sealer, and any person now or hereafter authorized or empowered by law to inspect the motor vehicle fuels or lubricants referred to in…
- § 13593 It is unlawful for any person, or any member, officer, agent, or employee of a firm, association, or corporation, to refuse to permit any person authorized by…
- § 13594 If the owner or person in possession of the product of which a sample is taken under this article shall at the time of the taking, demand payment for the…
- § 13595 (a) It is unlawful for any person to sell or deliver any motor vehicle fuel or lubricant referred to in this chapter that fails to meet the specifications…
- § 13596 Upon at least 24 hours’ written notice from the owner, manager, or operator of the container, receptacle, pump, or storage tank which has been sealed, to the…
- § 13597 If for any reason at the time specified in the written notice the contents are not removed, or the container, receptacle, pump, storage tank, or inlet end of…
- § 13598 Upon removal of the contents or proper labeling as provided in this article, the notice previously posted shall be removed and the container, receptacle, pump,…
- § 13599 No container, receptacle, pump, or storage tank connected thereto, or the inlet end of the fill-pipe of such storage tank, shall, however, be relabeled by the…
- § 13600 It is unlawful for any person, or any member, officer, agent, or employee of a firm, association, or corporation, other than the department or any of the…
ARTICLE 17. Penalties §§ 13610–13611 · 2 sections
- § 13610 Each person is guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which any violation of this chapter is committed, continued, or permitted by the…
- § 13611 The department or any sealer may bring an action to enjoin the violation or the threatened violation of any provision of this chapter or of any regulation made…
ARTICLE 18. Disposition and Use of Moneys § 13620 · 1 section
- § 13620 Any moneys in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund derived under Chapters 14 (commencing with Section 13400) and 15 (commencing with Section 13700) may…