0001|                            HOUSE BILL 247
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             JOE M. STELL
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO TRADE PRACTICES; AMENDING THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
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0012|     STANDARDS ACT TO REMOVE THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
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0013|     LABELING REQUIREMENT; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 57-19-32 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0017|     Chapter 98, Section 8) is amended to read:
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0018|          "57-19-32.  LABELING.--
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0019|               A.  No person shall sell, offer for sale or permit
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0020|     the sale of any petroleum product unless there is firmly
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0021|     attached or painted on the container or dispenser from which
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0022|     the petroleum product is offered for sale a sign or label
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0023|     stating the grade or type of product being offered for sale. 
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0024|     The sign or label shall be plainly, visibly and prominently
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0025|     displayed in a manner prescribed by regulation of the board.
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0001|               B.  The board may identify petroleum products of a
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0002|     special nature, composition or quality, and it may establish
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0003|     labeling requirements for such products.
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0004|               C.  A sign or label used in connection with motor
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0005|     oil or lubricating oil shall include the society of automotive
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0006|     engineers viscosity grade classification number preceded by
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0007|     the letters "SAE" <s>[and the American petroleum institute
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<s></s>0008| <s>    service classification preceded by the words "API service"]</s>."
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0009|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0010|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0011|     immediately.
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