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2006 New York Code - Placards To Be Posted.
§ 20-672 Placards to be posted. a. Except as provided in subdivision five of section one hundred ninety-two of the agriculture and markets law, it shall be unlawful for any person, in connection with the sale or offer for sale at retail of any petroleum products for use in motor vehicles or motor boats, other than gasoline or diesel motor fuel, to post or maintain at such place of sale or offer to sale, any sign, placard or other display that states, relates or refers to the price at which such petroleum products are sold or offered for sale, except as follows: 1. The price stated, mentioned or referred to on such sign, placard or other display, shall be by the unit of the measure at which such petroleum products are customarily sold at retail. 2. The name, trade name, brand, mark or symbol, and grade or quality classification, if any, and method of processing of such petroleum products shall be clearly stated on such signs, placard or other display, and, if such petroleum products are sold without identification by name, trade name, brand, mark or symbol, such sign, placard or other display shall refer clearly to such petroleum products as unbranded. b. Where a sign, poster or placard advertises the selling price per gallon of gasoline or diesel motor fuel on, at or about the premises where such gasoline or diesel motor fuel is sold or offered for sale, or where such sign, poster or placard directly or indirectly refers to a premises where the advertised gasoline or diesel motor fuel is sold or offered for sale, such sign, poster or placard shall state the name, trade name, brand, mark or symbol and grade or quality classification of such gasoline or diesel motor fuel, together with the total selling price per gallon. Total selling price shall be the sum of the basic price per gallon plus all applicable taxes. Such sign, poster or placard shall conform to the rules and regulations of all governmental agencies with jurisdiction as to structure and location. c. All numbers referring to price shall be the same height, width and thickness. Identification of the gasoline or diesel motor fuel offered for sale shall be in letters and numbers not less than one-half of the height, width and thickness of the numbers referring to price. Letters and numbers shall be black on a white background. d. Price per gallon indicator. Except as otherwise provided in article sixteen of the agriculture and markets law or in any rule or regulations promulgated thereunder, every gasoline or diesel motor fuel dispensing device shall be equipped with a price per gallon indicator and shall have such indicator correspond with the total price per gallon on the sign, poster or placard required to be posted pursuant to subdivision five of section one hundred ninety-two of such law or subdivision b of this section. e. Total price indicator. Every gasoline or diesel motor fuel dispensing device shall be equipped with a total delivery indicator, and such indicator shall record the correct total price computed on the basis of posted price per gallon and number of gallons delivered. f. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subdivisions a, b and c of this section shall not apply to the posting of information and labeling of dispensing devices with respect to the lead content of gasoline for motor vehicles, which shall be governed by the provisions of subdivision d and e of section 20-673.1 of this subchapter and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, and subdivisions a, b and c of this section shall not apply to the posting of information and labeling of dispensing devices with respect to the octane rating of gasoline for motor vehicles, which shall be governed by the provisions of subdivision d of section 20-673.2 of this subchapter and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
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