An Act To Update and Simplify Maine Gasoline Requirements

Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §582, sub-§10-B  is enacted to read:

Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §585-M  is enacted to read:

§ 585-M.  Reformulated gasoline

Beginning January 1, 2014, a retailer who sells gasoline in York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Kennebec, Knox or Lincoln County may sell only reformulated gasoline in those counties.

Sec. 3. Report. The Department of Environmental Protection shall study the feasibility of easing the multiple gasoline requirements in this State and achieving the use of a single type of gasoline for all of the State. The Department of Environmental Protection shall submit a report and implementing legislation directing the State to use a single type of gasoline to the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources by December 4, 2013. The Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources may report out a bill on the subject matter of the department's report to the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature.

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This bill, beginning January 1, 2014, requires a retailer who sells gasoline in York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Kennebec, Knox or Lincoln County to sell only reformulated gasoline in those counties. It also directs the Department of Environmental Protection to study the feasibility of the use of a single type of gasoline throughout the State and report to the Joint Standing Committee on Environment and Natural Resources by December 4, 2013. The committee may report out a bill on the subject matter of the department's report to the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature.