§486B-3 - Unlawful profiteering.

     [§486B-3]  Unlawful profiteering.  Any person who sells petroleum products and who, with intent to enhance the price or restrict the supply of petroleum products:

     (1)  Wilfully causes or permits preventable waste in the production, manufacture, storage, or distribution of petroleum products;

     (2)  Prevents, limits, lessens, or restricts the manufacture, production, supply, or distribution of petroleum products;

     (3)  Enters into any contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce;

     (4)  Exacts or demands any unjust or unreasonable profit in the sale, exchange, or handling of petroleum products; or

     (5)  In any way aids or abets the doing of any act prohibited in paragraphs (1) to (4),

commits an unlawful trade practice. [L 2006, c 78, pt of §21]