84R7942 BEF-D
 
  By: Capriglione H.B. No. 1696
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the sale or delivery of motor fuel.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 17.051, Agriculture Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 17.051.  NOTICE OF MOTOR FUEL TAXES AND SALE OF ALCOHOL
  AND FUEL MIXTURE.
         SECTION 2.  Section 17.051, Agriculture Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A dealer may not sell or offer for sale motor fuel from a
  motor fuel pump unless the dealer prominently displays on the pump a
  sign that complies with Subsection (b).
         (a-1)  The dealer shall include on the sign the information
  required by Subsection (b)(2)(A) if the motor fuel pump is supplied
  by a storage tank into which motor fuel, in a mixture in which at
  least one percent of the mixture measured by volume is ethanol or
  methanol, has been delivered within the 60-day period preceding the
  date of sale or offer of sale [unless the dealer prominently
  displays on the pump from which the mixture is sold a sign that
  complies with Subsection (b)].
         (b)  A sign required by Subsection (a) must:
               (1)  be displayed on each face of the motor fuel pump on
  which the price of the motor fuel [mixture] sold from the pump is
  displayed;
               (2)  state:
                     (A)  "Contains Ethanol" or "Contains Methanol,"
  as applicable;
                     (B)  the federal motor fuel tax imposed on the
  motor fuel; and 
                     (C)  the state motor fuel tax imposed on the motor
  fuel;
               (3)  appear in contrasting colors with block letters at
  least one-half inch high and one-fourth inch wide; and
               (4)  be displayed in a clear, conspicuous, and
  prominent manner, visible to customers using either side of the
  pump.
         SECTION 3.  Section 17.153, Agriculture Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 17.153.  CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A dealer, distributor,
  supplier, wholesaler, or jobber who violates Section 17.051,
  17.052, 17.053, 17.054, or 17.055 is liable to this state for a
  civil penalty of not less than $200 and not more than $10,000.
         (b)  The amount of a penalty collected under this section may
  be appropriated only to the department to administer and enforce
  this chapter.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2016.