2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 40:1853 — Automatic dispensing prohibited; card-lock systems excepted; safety requirements

§1853.  Automatic dispensing prohibited; card-lock systems excepted; safety requirements

A.  The use of self-service, coin-operated, credit card, or any other pump-activating automatic fuel dispensing device is prohibited at any retail station for use by the general public.

B.  The provisions of this Section shall not apply to motor fuel dispensed under a gas card-lock or fuel card-lock system or other system under which a purchaser is provided a card, key, or other item or device to unlock or operate the dispensing equipment under a previously entered into contractual arrangement with the seller.

C.  A dealer or permit holder who enters into a contractual arrangement with a purchaser under a gas card-lock or fuel card-lock system or other item or device to unlock or operate the dispensing equipment shall provide the purchaser with written instructions and safe operating procedures.  The dealer or permit holder shall caution the purchaser to study and preserve such instructions and procedures and to educate all those with access to the dispensing equipment, under his contract, on those instructions and procedures.  Step-by-step operating instructions shall be posted at each dispenser, readily visible to the operator during transfer operations.

Acts 1990, No. 779, §1.