Title 14 — Title 14: Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline

Sec. 14-318. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows, unless another construction is clearly apparent from the language or context in which the term is used or unless the construction is inconsistent with the manifest intention of the General Assembl…

Sec. 14-319. License required for sale of gasoline. Prohibited grounds for refusal to grant or renew license. (a) No person shall sell or offer for sale any gasoline or other product intended for use in the propelling of motor vehicles using combustion type engines over the highw…

Sec. 14-320. Approval of gasoline station location by commissioner. No station or place of business for the wholesale or retail sale of gasoline shall be established or maintained in a place adjoining a state highway, or in a town or city containing fewer than ten thousand inhabi…

Sec. 14-321. Approval of gasoline station location by local authorities. Any person who desires to obtain a license for the sale of gasoline or any other product, under the provisions of section 14-319, shall first obtain and present to the commissioner a certificate of approval …

Sec. 14-322. Hearing and finding of suitability. Section 14-322 is repealed, effective October 1, 2003. (1949 Rev., S. 2539; 1967, P.A. 794; P.A. 82-89; P.A. 84-429, S. 45; P.A. 03-184, S. 10.)

Sec. 14-323. Commissioner to decide if requested by local authorities. Section 14-323 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2540; 1959, P.A. 253, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 309, S. 1.)

Sec. 14-324. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by the performance of any act provided for in sections 14-319 to 14-321, inclusive, by the local authority may take an appeal therefrom to the superior court for the judicial district within which such town or city is situated, or in acco…

Sec. 14-325. Curb pumps. No license shall be issued to sell gasoline or other fuels by means of any curb pump, or of any pipe or hose extending over or under any sidewalk, except the renewal of the license of such curb pump, pipe or hose, if the same was licensed for the sale of …

Sec. 14-325a. Air compressors. Any person licensed under section 14-319 to dispense motor fuel for sale to the public for any motor vehicle, as defined in section 14-1, shall provide for free public use an air compressor for the purpose of tire inflation during the hours such pre…

Sec. 14-325b. Refueling privileges for operators who have a disability. Signs. Exceptions. (a) Each retail dealer as defined in section 14-318 that offers self-service and full-service facilities for the sale of gasoline or motor fuel shall provide, at a self-service pump, upon r…

Sec. 14-326. Gasoline sold for aircraft or other engines to be of United States standard. No person shall sell, offer for sale, deliver or have in possession for the purpose of sale, any article or product represented as gasoline for use in internal combustion engines used in air…

Sec. 14-327. Testing of quality of gasoline or diesel fuel. All tests to determine the quality of gasoline or diesel fuel shall be made in accordance with the most recent revision of either Standard D439, Specification for Automotive Gasoline, or Standard D975, Specification for …

Sec. 14-327a. Motor fuel quality testing: Definitions. As used in sections 14-327a to 14-327e, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. (2) The “American Society for Testing and Materials” means the scientific and technical organization establi…

Sec. 14-327b. Annual registration of distributors. Application for certificate of registration. Required information. Fee. (a) No distributor shall sell or offer to sell motor fuel in this state unless such distributor has first registered with the Department of Consumer Protecti…

Sec. 14-327c. Regulations. The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing standards for the quality of motor fuels sold or offered for sale in this state. The regulations shall be consistent with standards established by the …

Sec. 14-327d. Commissioner to have free access to places and premises. Subpoena powers. Court orders. Regulations. (a) The commissioner or his authorized agent shall have free access, at all reasonable hours, to all places or premises where motor fuels intended for eventual sale …

Sec. 14-327e. Hearing. Refusal to issue certificate of registration. Revocation or suspension of certificate of registration. Violations. Civil penalty. (a) The commissioner, after a hearing in accordance with chapter 54, may refuse to issue, revoke or suspend any certificate of …

Sec. 14-328. Display of price signs. Section 14-328 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2545; 1951, S. 1410d; February, 1965, P.A. 474; P.A. 73-678, S. 10, 12; P.A. 74-285, S. 18, 20.)

Sec. 14-329. Standard gallon. Delivery through meter. Delivery and electronic delivery tickets. Disclosure of purchaser's cost associated with retail fuel oil or propane gas. Exemptions. Penalties. (a)(1) The standard gallon shall be the unit of measurement for all sales of gasol…

Sec. 14-330. Dealer to disclose his source of supply. Each person who sells, offers for sale or has in his possession for the purpose of selling any gasoline or any other product intended for motorboats or motor vehicles shall, at the request of the commissioner or any of his dep…

Sec. 14-331. Penalty. Revocation or suspension of license. Bond. Appeal. Rights of franchisor. Any person, except a distributor, who violates any provision of this chapter or who makes any false statement to the commissioner, or to the local authority described in section 14-321,…

Sec. 14-332. Regulations. (a) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, governing the administration of all statutes relating to gasoline or any other product intended as a fuel for motor vehicles or internal combustion engines or relating to the sale…

Sec. 14-332a. Surcharges. Tie-in-sales. Price reduction requirements. (a) As used in subsection (b) of this section: (1) “Surcharge” means any charge by a retail dealer to any person for the pumping or sale of gasoline or other product intended for use in the propelling of motor …

Secs. 14-333 to 14-341. Distributor's license. Records and sales slips. Gasoline tax. Suspension or revocation of distributor's license. Receipts to be added to Highway Fund. Sections 14-333 to 14-341, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2550–2557, 2559; November, 1949, S. 14…

Sec. 14-342. Sale of motor oil regulated. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer or expose for sale any motor lubricating oils used in motor vehicles in such manner as to deceive the purchaser as to the nature, quality and identity of such product. (b) No person, …

Secs. 14-343 and 14-344. Penalty; collection of tax. Aviation gasoline; exemption; license to sell. Sections 14-343 and 14-344 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1419d, 2561; 1953, S. 1418d; 1957, P.A. 666; 1959, P.A. 132, S. 29; 579, S. 26.)