Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §2623, as amended by PL 1977, c. 694, §183, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§2623. Method of sale

1.__Sales of commodities.__Except as otherwise provided by the State Sealer, sales of commodities must comply with the following:

A.__Commodities in liquid form must be sold by liquid measure or by weight;

B.__Commodities not in liquid form must be sold only by weight, by measure or by count;

C.__ A seller selling commodities in liquid form and using temperature compensators must have the seller's entire fleet of vehicles equipped with temperature compensators.__Such equipment must be sealed and in use throughout the year; and

D.__The method of sale must provide accurate and adequate quantity information that permits the buyer to make price and quantity comparisons.

Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §2624, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 91, §10, is amended to read:

3. Quantity. The quantity delivered and the quantity upon which the price is based, if this differs from the delivered quantity, including when temperature-compensated sales are made, that fact must be stated;

SUMMARY

This bill establishes methods of sales of commodities that require labeling and the publishing of prices that will provide adequate information for consumers to make value price comparisons among companies selling heating oil or retail motor fuels using temperature-compensating technology and those using a traditional 231-cubic-inch-per-gallon measurement.