Amendment
Bill No. HB 7135
Amendment No. 508913
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Mayfield offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
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5     Section 97.  Section 526.06, Florida Statutes, is amended
6to read:
7     526.06  Mixing, blending, compounding, or adulteration of
8liquid fuels of same manufacturer prohibited; sale of gasoline
9blended with ethanol gasohol.--It is unlawful for any person to
10mix, blend, compound, or adulterate the liquid fuel, lubricating
11oil, grease, or similar product of a manufacturer or distributor
12with a liquid fuel, lubricating oil, grease, or similar product
13of the same manufacturer or distributor of a character or nature
14different from the character or nature of the liquid fuel,
15lubricating oil, grease, or similar product so mixed, blended,
16compounded, or adulterated, and expose for sale, offer for sale,
17or sell the same as the unadulterated product of such
18manufacturer or distributor or as the unadulterated product of
19any other manufacturer or distributor. However, nothing in this
20chapter shall be construed to prevent the lawful owner of such
21products from applying his, her, or its own trademark, trade
22name, or symbol to any product or material. Ethanol-blended
23Alcohol-blended fuels which contain 90 percent unleaded gasoline
24and up to 10 percent denatured ethanol by volume ethyl alcohol
25of a minimum of 198 proof and a maximum 50 parts per million of
26acetic acid, commonly known as "gasohol," may be sold at retail
27service stations for use in motor vehicles, as long as the
28gasoline component complies with current state specifications,
29until the American Society for Testing and Materials approves
30specifications for gasohol. To provide retail service stations
31flexibility during the transition period to ethanol-blended
32fuels, the T50 and TV/L specifications for gasoline containing
33between 9 and 10 percent ethanol shall be applied to all
34gasoline containing between 1 and 10 percent ethanol by volume
35provided the last three or fewer deliveries contained between 9
36and 10 percent ethanol by volume. If there is no reasonable
37availability of ethanol or the price of ethanol exceeds the
38price of gasoline, the T50 and TV/L specifications for gasoline
39containing between 9 and 10 percent ethanol shall be applicable
40for gasoline containing between 1 and 10 percent ethanol for up
41to three deliveries of fuel.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
48     Remove line 355 and insert:
49contract approval by the Chief Financial Officer; amending s.
50526.06, F.S.; revising provisions for the sale of gasoline
51blended with ethanol; providing specifications for transitioning
52to ethanol-blended fuels; creating
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