By Brimer H.B. No. 955 74R1141 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to charges for sales of motor vehicle fuel involving 1-3 certain means of payment; providing a criminal penalty. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 4, Title 132, Revised Statutes, is 1-6 amended by adding Article 8615 to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 8615. CHARGES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL; METHOD OF PAYMENT 1-8 Sec. 1. PROHIBITION. A person in the business of selling 1-9 motor vehicle fuel at retail may not, solely because a buyer uses a 1-10 credit card or cash as means of payment for a sale of motor vehicle 1-11 fuel: 1-12 (1) charge the buyer a price for a unit of fuel that 1-13 is different than the price for that unit indicated on the pump 1-14 from which the fuel was dispensed; 1-15 (2) charge the buyer a surcharge; or 1-16 (3) remit to the buyer a rebate. 1-17 Sec. 2. PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the 1-18 person violates Section 1 of this article. 1-19 (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. 1-20 Sec. 3. DEFINITION. In this article, "person" includes an 1-21 individual, association, and corporation. 1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.