2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 26. TRADE REGULATION AND PRACTICE
486B. Unfair Trade Practices by Petroleum Industry
486B-2 Misrepresentations

§486B-2 Misrepresentations. (a) It is unlawful for any person to make any deceptive, false, or misleading statement by any means whatsoever regarding quality, quantity, performance, price, discount, profit, or savings used in the sale or selling of any petroleum product regulated pursuant to this chapter or chapters 486H and 486J.

(b) The following deceptive, false, or misleading acts or practices committed or permitted by any person offering to sell any petroleum product that is regulated by this chapter or chapters 486H and 486J are also a violation of this section:

(1) Misrepresenting the brand, grade, quality, or price of a petroleum product;

(2) Using false or deceptive representations or designations in connection with the pricing, profits, or sale of a petroleum product;

(3) Advertising petroleum products or services and not selling them as advertised;

(4) Advertising petroleum products of a designated brand, grade, trademark, or trade name not actually sold or available for sale;

(5) Making false, deceptive, or misleading statements concerning conditions of sale, price reductions, costs of operations, profits, or failing to disclose business relationships within the petroleum industry that affect the wholesale pricing of petroleum products;

(6) Representing that the consumer will receive a rebate, discount, or other economic benefit and then failing to give that rebate, discount, or other economic benefit; and

(7) Forging or falsifying any records or documents required by this chapter or chapter 486H or 486J or knowingly keeping, using, or displaying the false or forged records or documents. [L 2006, c 78, pt of §21]