§ 192-c. Motor fuel standards and labelling; grade of diesel fuel;\nalcohol content. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n a. "Co-solvent" means an alcohol with a higher molecular weight than\nmethanol which is blended with methanol to prevent phase separation in\ngasoline.\n b. "Diesel motor fuel" means any fuel sold in this state and for use\nin diesel engines which is commercially known or offered for sale as\ndiesel motor fuel.\n c. "Cetane rating" means the property of a diesel motor fuel expressed\nas a number determined pursuant to a method adopted by the American\nSociety of Testing and Materials, concerning the fuel's ignition\nproperties.\n d. "Gasoline" means any fuel sold in this state for use in internal\ncombustion engines which is commercially known or offered for sale as\ngasoline.\n e. "Refiner" means a person, firm or corporation who owns, leases,\noperates, controls or supervises a commercial entity producing gasoline\nor diesel motor fuel.\n f. "Distributor" means any person, firm or corporation who purchases,\ntransports, stores or causes the transportation or storage of gasoline\nor diesel motor fuel at any point between commercial entities.\n g. "Reseller" means any person who purchases gasoline identified by\nthe corporate, trade or brand name of a refiner from such refiner or a\ndistributor and resells or transfers it to retailers or wholesale\npurchaser-consumers displaying the refiner's brands, and whose assets or\nfacilities are not substantially owned, leased or controlled by such\nrefiner.\n h. "Retailer" means a person, firm or corporation who owns, leases,\noperates, controls or supervises a commercial entity at which gasoline\nor diesel motor fuel is sold or offered for sale to the general public.\n i. "Wholesale purchaser-consumer" means any organization that is an\nultimate consumer of gasoline and which purchases or obtains gasoline\nfrom a supplier for use in motor vehicles and receives delivery of that\nproduct into a storage tank which has a capacity of five hundred fifty\ngallons or more and is substantially under the control of that\norganization.\n j. "Ultimate purchaser" means the first person who purchases gasoline\nfor purposes other than resale.\n 2. No refiner, distributor, reseller or retailer shall transfer, sell,\ndispense or offer any grade of diesel motor fuel for sale in this state\nunless said diesel motor fuel meets the standards and specifications\nestablished for such product by regulations promulgated by the\ncommissioner or by the commissioner of environmental conservation, after\ndue notice and public hearing. No refiner, distributor, reseller or\nretailer shall transfer, sell, dispense or offer gasoline for sale in\nthis state unless said gasoline meets the standards and specifications,\nother than those relating to octane and lead content, established for\nsuch product by regulations promulgated by the commissioner or by the\ncommissioner of environmental conservation, after due notice and public\nhearing.\n 3. a. A refiner, distributor or reseller shall not transfer, sell or\ndispense gasoline for sale in this state without delivering to the\npurchaser a bill, invoice or other instrument evidencing the transaction\nwhich shall indicate:\n (i) the presence of methanol and co-solvent, each as a percentage of\nthe total volume, if the quantity of methanol exceeds three-tenths of\none percent; and\n (ii) the presence of ethanol, as a percentage of the total volume, if\nsuch quantity exceeds one percent of the total volume.\n b. A refiner, distributor or reseller shall not transfer, sell or\ndispense diesel motor fuel in this state without delivering to the\npurchaser a bill, invoice or other instrument evidencing the transaction\nwhich shall indicate the grade of such diesel motor fuel.\n c. For the purposes of this section, the instrument evidencing the\ntransaction shall be on such form as may be require
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