13470-13477
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE
SECTION 13470-13477
13470. No person shall sell at retail to the general public, any motor fuel from any place of business in this state unless there is displayed on the dispensing apparatus in a conspicuous place at least one sign or price indicator showing the actual total price per gallon or liter of all motor fuel sold therefrom. The actual total price per gallon, or liter, shall include fuel taxes and all sales taxes. When a discount for cash is offered from a dispenser computing only at the credit price, at least one sign or label shall be conspicuously displayed on the dispenser indicating that the dispenser is computing at the credit price and indicating the amount of the discount per gallon or liter in letters and numerals not less than one-half inch high. If motor fuel is sold by the liter, the word "liter" shall be conspicuously displayed on the side of the dispensing apparatus from which service can be made. 13470.1. (a) No person shall sell at retail to the general public any motor vehicle fuel from any place of business in this state unless such person shall post and maintain in legible form the maximum lawful selling price of each type and grade of gasoline. The maximum lawful selling price shall be posted on each pump used to dispense gasoline at retail outlets in numbers not less than 1/2 inch high facing each direction from which the pumps are generally viewed by customers. The posting of the actual selling price is not considered to be the posting of the maximum lawful selling price as required by this paragraph. Whenever an adjustment is made to the maximum lawful selling price, each retail seller must post the new adjusted maximum lawful selling price, and remove the prior posted price. (b) For the purposes of this section, "maximum lawful selling price" means the maximum lawful selling price as defined under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act, 15 USC 751 et seq., and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. (c) Enforcement by the Division of Measurement Standards and each county sealer of weights and measures may consist of referring complaints and information regarding possible violations to the appropriate federal agency. 13470.5. Any person selling, offering for sale, or advertising for sale, at retail to the general public, any gasoline or other motor fuel from any place of business in this state by use of or through or from any dispensing apparatus and displaying any sign showing the actual total price per liter, shall, in addition, display in a conspicuous fashion in full view of the retail purchaser and in accordance with provisions of this chapter, a gallon-to-liter conversion table showing quantity and price equivalents. 13471. Each sign required by this article shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the dispensing apparatus and if service of gasoline or other motor fuel may be made from more than one side of such dispensing apparatus the sign shall be so placed as to be visible from at least two sides of the dispensing apparatus. 13472. When a sign is used in addition to a price indicator as defined in Section 13470, and if the same grade of motor fuel is sold at a different price from any other dispenser on the same premises, it shall be unlawful to display such sign on a dispenser unless a sign with price numerals of equal size is displayed upon each dispenser from which the same grade of motor fuel is dispensed at higher prices. 13473. Unless otherwise provided, all letters, figures, or numerals on each sign required by this article, however affixed, marked, imprinted, placed, or embossed, shall be at least three-fourths of an inch in height and all lines or marks used in the making or forming of all the letters, figures, or numerals which are a part of the sign shall be at least one-eighth of an inch in width. 13474. All letters, figures, or numerals which are part of any sign or price indicator required by this article shall be plainly legible. The color or tint shall contrast with the background and other parts of the sign. 13475. For the purpose of this article, a fraction is considered one numeral. 13477. The provisions of this article do not apply to the sale of motor fuel for aircraft through or from any portable dispensing device.