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HB 138 - Gasoline and diesel fuel; maximum sulfur content

Holmes, Bob (53rd)	Teper, Doug (61st)	Orrock, Nan (56th)
Stuckey, Stephanie (67th)	Brooks, Tyrone (54th)	Mobley, Barbara J (69th)

Status Summary	HC:	Ind	SC:		FR:	01/15/99	LA:	01/25/99	H - Read 2nd Time

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Part 1 of Article 8 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale of petroleum products and related products, so as to prescribe maximum sulfur content for motor vehicle gasoline and motor vehicle diesel fuel; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 10-1-555.1

HB 138                                             LC 14 7212 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Part 1 of Article 8 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the 
  1- 2  Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale of 
  1- 3  petroleum products and related products, so as to prescribe 
  1- 4  maximum sulfur content for motor vehicle gasoline and motor 
  1- 5  vehicle diesel fuel; to provide for certain contingencies; 
  1- 6  to provide for certain investigation and reporting by the 
  1- 7  Environmental Protection Division of the Department of 
  1- 8  Natural Resources; to provide for related matters; to repeal 
  1- 9  conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1-10       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-11                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-12  Part 1 of Article 8 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official 
  1-13  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale of petroleum 
  1-14  products and related products, is amended by adding 
  1-15  immediately after Code Section 10-1-555 a new Code section 
  1-16  to read as follows: 
 
  1-17    "10-1-555.1. 
 
  1-18    (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this Code section, 
  1-19    beginning October 1, 2002, a person may not manufacture, 
  1-20    sell, or offer for sale motor vehicle gasoline that 
  1-21    contains a concentration of sulfur that is greater than 40 
  1-22    parts per million per gallon of gasoline. 
 
  1-23    (b) A person may not be deemed to be in violation of 
  1-24    subsection (a) of this Code section if: 
 
  1-25      (1) The person manufactures, sells, or offers for sale 
  1-26      during any one-year period motor vehicle gasoline that 
  1-27      contains a concentration of sulfur that is not greater 
  1-28      than 80 parts per million per gallon of gasoline; and 
 
  1-29      (2) The average concentration of sulfur in the motor 
  1-30      vehicle gasoline manufactured, sold, or offered for sale 
  1-31      by the person during the one-year period is less than 30 
  1-32      parts per million per gallon of gasoline. 
 
 
 
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  2- 1    (c) A person may not manufacture, sell, or offer for sale 
  2- 2    motor vehicle diesel fuel that contains a concentration of 
  2- 3    sulfur that is greater than 50 parts per million after the 
  2- 4    sooner of: 
 
  2- 5      (1) October 1, 2005; or 
 
  2- 6      (2) October 1 of the year that the Environmental 
  2- 7      Protection Division of the Department of Natural 
  2- 8      Resources reports to the General Assembly that the motor 
  2- 9      vehicle manufacturers have introduced a significant 
  2-10      number of diesel-powered sports utility vehicles, 
  2-11      minivans, and light trucks into a market that was 
  2-12      previously dominated by gasoline-powered sports utility 
  2-13      vehicles, minivans, and light trucks. 
 
  2-14    (d) The requirements of subsections (a) through (c) of 
  2-15    this Code section shall be contingent on the Environmental 
  2-16    Protection Division determining and declaring by rule that 
  2-17    such requirements may be enforced in conformity with 
  2-18    Section 211(C)(4) of the federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
  2-19    Section 7545(c)(4). 
 
  2-20    (e) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall in consultation 
  2-21    with the Environmental Protection Division adopt 
  2-22    regulations to implement the requirements of this Code 
  2-23    section. 
 
  2-24    (f) In consultation with the United States Environmental 
  2-25    Protection Agency, the Environmental Protection Division 
  2-26    shall report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2002, 
  2-27    on the potential benefits to urban and regional air 
  2-28    quality of establishing maximum and average allowable 
  2-29    sulfur concentrations for gasoline that are lower than the 
  2-30    concentration limitations specified in this Code section. 
 
  2-31    (g) Beginning January 1, 2000, and each year thereafter, 
  2-32    the Environmental Protection Division shall submit an 
  2-33    annual report to the General Assembly on the transition in 
  2-34    the motor vehicle manufacturing industry to using diesel 
  2-35    engines in place of gasoline engines in sports utility 
  2-36    vehicles, minivans, and light trucks." 
 
  2-37                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2-38  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-39  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
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