Texas Agriculture Code Title 2, Chapter 17 - Sale And Regulation Of Certain Fuel Mixtures

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER B SALE OR DELIVERY OF MOTOR FUEL

• Texas Section 17.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Automotive fuel rating" has the meaning assigned by 15 U.S.C. Section 2821. (2) "Dealer" means a person who: (A) is the...
• Texas Section 17.051 - Notice Of Sale Of Alcohol And Fuel Mixture
  (a) A dealer may not sell or offer for sale motor fuel from a motor fuel pump supplied by a storage tank into which motor...
• Texas Section 17.0515 - Notice Of Motor Fuel Tax Rates
  (a) The department shall display on each motor fuel pump from which motor fuel is sold at retail a notice of the current rates of...
• Texas Section 17.052 - Documentation Of Motor Fuel Mixture Sales
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a distributor, supplier, wholesaler, or jobber of motor fuel may not deliver to an outlet in this state...
• Texas Section 17.053 - Record Of Delivery Documents; Inspection Authorized
  (a) Each dealer shall keep a copy of each document required to be delivered to the dealer by Section 17.052 until the fourth anniversary of...
• Texas Section 17.054 - Documents Relating To Posting Or Certification Of Automotive Fuel Ratings
  (a) Each dealer shall keep for at least one year a copy of: (1) each delivery ticket or letter of certification on which the dealer...

SUBCHAPTER B-1 MOTOR FUEL QUALITY AND TESTING

• Texas Section 17.055 - Sale Of Motor Fuel With Inaccurate Automotive Fuel Rating
  (a) A dealer may not sell or offer for sale from a motor fuel pump motor fuel that has an automotive fuel rating lower than...
• Texas Section 17.071 - Minimum Motor Fuel Quality And Testing Standards
  (a) The department by rule shall adopt minimum motor fuel quality and testing standards for motor fuel that is sold or offered for sale in...
• Texas Section 17.072 - Testing Of Motor Fuel Quality
  (a) The department may collect samples and conduct testing at any location where motor fuel is kept, transferred, sold, or offered for sale, to verify...

SUBCHAPTER C ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 17.073 - Stop-sale Order; Shutdown Of Dispensing Devices
  (a) If the department has reason to believe that motor fuel is in violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, or...
• Texas Section 17.101 - Copies Of Documents; Delivery To Federal Government
  (a) The commissioner, an authorized representative of the commissioner, or the attorney general may copy any manifest, bill of sale, bill of lading, delivery ticket,...
• Texas Section 17.102 - Testing; Rules Relating To Testing Frequency
  To determine compliance with the standards and enforce rules adopted under Sections 17.051, 17.052, 17.053, 17.055, and 17.103, the commissioner or an authorized representative of...
• Texas Section 17.103 - Authority Of Commissioner To Limit Applicability Of Law
  If the commissioner determines that certain types of motor fuel, such as diesel or liquefied petroleum gas, are not sold in this state as mixtures...

SUBCHAPTER D ENFORCEMENT

• Texas Section 17.104 - Rules; Fees
  (a) The commissioner may adopt rules consistent with this chapter for the regulation of the sale of motor fuels, including motor fuels that contain ethanol...
• Texas Section 17.151 - Contract For Enforcement
  The commissioner may contract for the enforcement of this chapter after due notice. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec....
• Texas Section 17.152 - Civil Action
  (a) If a dealer or a distributor, supplier, wholesaler, or jobber of motor fuel violates Section 17.051, 17.052, 17.053, 17.054, or 17.055, a motor fuel...
• Texas Section 17.153 - Civil Penalty
  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...
• Texas Section 17.154 - Criminal Offenses
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates Section 17.051, 17.052, 17.053, 17.054, or 17.055 or a rule adopted by the commissioner...
• Texas Section 17.155 - Administrative Penalty
  (a) The department may impose an administrative penalty against a person regulated under this chapter who violates this chapter or a rule or order adopted...
• Texas Section 17.156 - Toll-free Number
  The department shall provide a toll-free telephone number for use by the public in reporting violations of this subchapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg.,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016