SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1312        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1501

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Octane Ratings..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1: Section 28A of chapter 98 of the Massachusetts General laws is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

“Regular” gasoline shall be defined to mean liquefied petroleum gasoline with an octane rating of 87. No one shall advertise and/or sell “regular” liquefied petroleum gasoline with an octane rating of more or less than 87.