Restrictions on operation.

Annotations

Apr. 19, 1977, D.C. Law 1-123, § 3-102, 24 DCR 2371
Dec. 29, 1979, D.C. Law 3-44, § 2(a), 26 DCR 2093
Apr. 8, 2005, D.C. Law 15-297, § 2(b), 52 DCR 1485
Jan. 29, 2008, D.C. Law 17-80, § 2(a), 54 DCR 11883
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Retail Service Station Clarification Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-21, March 22, 2007, 54 DCR 2782).
Section 4(a) of D.C. Law 17-6 provided that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
“(c) Any jobber in violation of subsections (a) or (b) of this subsection as of April 8, 2005, shall come into compliance by January 1, 2008.”
Section 2 of D.C. Law 17-6 amended subsec. (c) to read as follows:
D.C. Law 17-80, in subsecs. (a) and (b), deleted “jobbers,” preceding “producer”; and repealed subsec. (c) which had read as follows: “(c) Any jobber in violation of subsections (a) or (b) of this subsection as of April 8, 2005, shall have 2 years following April 8, 2005, to come into compliance.”
“(b) After January 1, 1981, no producer, refiner, or manufacturer of motor fuels as the terms are defined in § 36-301.01(10) and (12) shall operate a retail service station in the District of Columbia, irrespective of whether or not such retail service station will be operated under a trademark owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by such producer, refiner, or manufacturer, with employees, servants, commissioned agents, or subsidiaries of such producer, refiner, or manufacturer or with a person or entity who operates or manages such retail service station under a contract with such producer, refiner, or manufacturer which provides for a fee arrangement. However, any entity, which as of October 9, 1979, operates a retail service station in the District of Columbia, and of which a producer, refiner, or manufacturer as defined in § 36-301.01(12) only has no more than 49 per centum voting control, may continue to operate such station after January 1, 1981, so long as no producer, refiner or manufacturer as defined in § 36-301.01(12) only has more than 49 per centum voting control of the entity.”
“(a) After April 19, 1977, no producer, refiner, or manufacturer of motor fuels as the terms are defined in § 36-301.01(10) and (12) shall open a retail service station in the District of Columbia, irrespective of whether or not such retail service station will be operated under a trademark owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by such producer, refiner, or manufacturer, unless such retail service station is to be operated by a person or entity other than either an employee, servant, commissioned agent or subsidiary of such producer, refiner, or manufacturer or a person or entity who operates or manages such retail service station under a contract with such producer, refiner, or manufacturer which provides for a fee arrangement.
D.C. Law 15-297 rewrote the section which had read:
1973 Ed., § 10-212.
1981 Ed., § 10-212.
This section is referenced in § 36-302.04.