Rules and Regulations; Specifications for Petroleum Products; Penalty for Violations

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  5. Sale of Petroleum Products, Brake Fluid, and Antifreeze
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  7. Rules and Regulations; Specifications for Petroleum Products; Penalty for Violations

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  1. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have authority to prescribe such rules and regulations, consistent with the terms, intent, and purposes of this part, as he finds necessary for the proper administration and enforcement thereof. He shall establish by regulation specifications for the various petroleum products used for heating, cooking, illuminating, power, or lubricating purposes in this state so as to provide quality control and suitability for the intended use of such products and the effective enforcement of the laws pertaining to the sale, distribution, or use of such products and shall have authority to change such specifications, but only after giving a 60 days' notice and a public hearing in regard to such changes to refiners and distributors doing business in this state.
  2. Any manufacturer, refiner, wholesaler, jobber, or vendor who shall violate this Code section or any regulation issued pursuant thereto prescribing specifications for the various petroleum products regulated by this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1927, p. 279, § 8; Code 1933, §§ 73-216, 73-9904; Ga. L. 1943, p. 303, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 1043, §§ 10, 16; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 504; Ga. L. 1979, p. 981, § 6.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Signs indicating price is for "self-service" pumps.

- Commissioner of Agriculture may require retail gasoline sales establishments to include on signs or billboard advertisements a designation that the price for gasoline posted thereto is to apply to "self-service" pumps if there is a differentiation in price for the same gasoline sold from "self-service" pumps and "full-service" pumps. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-124.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Gas and Oil, §§ 145, 159 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 58 C.J.S., Mines and Minerals, § 401 et seq.

ALR.

- Liability of manufacturer or seller for injury caused by firearms, explosives, and flammables, 80 A.L.R.2d 488; 94 A.L.R.3d 291; 15 A.L.R.4th 909; 18 A.L.R.4th 206.


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