Code of Alabama - Title 8: Commercial Law and Consumer Protection - Chapter 22 - Motor Fuel Marketing

• Section 8-22-1 Short title
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Motor Fuel Marketing Act."
• Section 8-22-2 Legislative findings
  The Legislature makes the following findings with respect to the marketing of motor fuel in Alabama: (1) Marketing of motor fuel is affected with the...
• Section 8-22-3 Legislative declaration and intent
  It is hereby declared that marketing of motor fuel in Alabama is affected with the public interest. It is hereby declared to be the legislative...
• Section 8-22-4 Definitions
  The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless otherwise stated and unless the context or subject matter clearly indicates...
• Section 8-22-5 Oil transfer price disclosure required
  All persons engaged in commerce in this state are required to disclose, upon request, their transfer prices on each grade of motor fuel transferred or...
• Section 8-22-6 Certain below cost fuel sales prohibited
  It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce in this state to sell or offer to sell motor fuel below cost or to...
• Section 8-22-7 Certain below cost fuel transfers prohibited
  It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce in this state to sell or transfer motor fuel to itself or an affiliate for...
• Section 8-22-8 Certain sales and transfer price differentials authorized
  (a) It is not a violation of this chapter if a difference exists between the transfer price or sales price of motor fuel of like...
• Section 8-22-9 Unlawful acts generally
  It shall be unlawful under this section: (1) For any person engaged in commerce in this state to sell or offer to sell motor fuel...
• Section 8-22-10 Below cost combined selling price of motor fuel and promotional gifts, etc., prohibited
  In all advertisements, offers for sale or sales involving two or more items, at least one of which items is motor fuel, at a combined...
• Section 8-22-11 Sales between wholesalers
  When one wholesaler sells motor fuel to any other wholesaler, the former shall not be required to include in his selling price to the latter...
• Section 8-22-12 Applicability of chapter generally
  (a) The provisions of the Motor Fuel Marketing Act shall not apply to a sale at wholesale or a sale at retail made (1) In...
• Section 8-22-13 Competitive sales, etc
  (a) Any wholesaler may advertise, offer to sell, or sell motor fuel at a price made in good faith to meet the price of a...
• Section 8-22-14 Contracts violative of chapter rendered void and unenforceable
  Any contract, express or implied, made by any person in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, is illegal and void and no...
• Section 8-22-15 Determination of cost to wholesaler, etc
  (a) In determining cost to the wholesaler and cost to the retailer, the court of jurisdiction shall receive and consider as bearing on the bona...
• Section 8-22-17 Equity action by person injured from violation of chapter authorized; injunctive relief; damages; attorneys fees; jurisdiction
  (a) Any person injured by any violation, or who would suffer injury from any threatened violation, of this chapter may maintain an action in any...
• Section 8-22-16 Penalties
  (a) Any person who violates this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation for each...
• Section 8-22-18 Prima facie showing of violation of chapter
  In any action brought under Sections 8-22-15, 8-22-16 or 8-22-17, upon a prima facie showing of a violation, the burden of rebutting the prima facie...

Last modified: May 3, 2021