Sec. 28e.
(1) Beginning July 2, 2013, if motor fuel is sold at a roadside retail location, the roadside advertising shall comply with all of the following:
(a) The price advertised shall be clearly and completely posted in full, including any fractional prices, to the tenth of a cent.
(b) The price advertised shall include the grade of fuel being sold, with the following abbreviations allowed:
(i) Regular gasoline: "Regular", "Reg.", or "Reg,".
(ii) Midgrade gasoline: "Midgrade", "Mid.", or "Mid,".
(iii) Premium gasoline: "Premium", "Prem.", or "Prem,".
(iv) Diesel fuel: "Diesel", "Dsl.", or "Dsl,".
(v) Kerosene fuel: "Kerosene", "Ker.", or "Ker,".
(vi) E85 fuel ethanol: "E85".
(c) All prices shall be capable of being displayed at the pump, but only the unit price of the selected product shall be displayed during the transaction. All indications on the pump display shall calculate the correct total price of the purchase.
(d) Subject to subsection (3), if the advertised price of the motor fuel is subject to 1 or more conditions for sale at that price, other than payment by cash or credit card, the retailer shall post the conditions immediately adjacent to the sales price with equal illumination in lettering of the same style and of at least 1/2 the size that is used to post the sale price.
(e) If the unit price for the same grade of motor fuel differs, and the sign will not accommodate displaying all prices in lettering of the same style and size, the highest price shall be displayed in lettering using the largest size of the prices that are displayed.
(2) Subsection (1)(b) does not preclude the owner or operator of a business selling motor fuel at a roadside retail location from using a proprietary fuel name.
(3) Beginning July 2, 2017, the requirement of subsection (1)(d) also applies to conditions regarding payment by cash or credit card.
History: Add. 2012, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 469, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013