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MA Gen L ch 94 § 294 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 294 - Interference With Inspector

Section 294. Whoever hinders, obstructs or in any way interferes with any inspector, analyst or other officer appointed or acting under the preceding section while in the performance of his official duty shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295 - Penalty for Violation of Sec. 291

Section 295. Whoever violates any provision of section two hundred and ninety-one shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 295a to 295w

Section 295A. When used in sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive:—  (1) The term ''retail dealer'' shall mean any person operating a service station, filling station, store, garage or other place of business for the retail sale of motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil or the sale of or dispensing of motor fuel for delivery into the service tank or tanks of any motor vehicle which is propelled by an internal combustion motor other than such a motor vehicle belonging to the person owning or operating said place of business.  (2) The term ''motor fuel'' shall mean (a) a light distillate of petroleum or allied substance with suitable volatility and other characteristics to be used as a fuel for operating internal combustion engines, whether or not it is mixed with other materials, or (b) any other product or liquid when sold for use as a fuel in any type of internal combustion engine furnishing power to operate a motor vehicle.  (2A) The term ''automotive lubricating oils'' shall mean any oil sold or offered for use as a fluid lubricant in any type of internal combustion engine used to propel any motor vehicle.  (3) The word ''department'' shall mean the department of labor and workforce development.  (4) The word ''division'' shall mean the division of standards in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation.  (5) The term ''deputy director'' shall mean the deputy director of standards in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation.  (6) The term ''cost to the retail dealer'' shall mean the cost of such motor fuel to the dealer plus the cost of doing business, including that part of the overhead of such dealer properly attributable to the sale of such motor fuel according to generally accepted methods of accounting procedure, which overhead shall include without limitation, labor (including the salaries of proprietors and corporate officials and others or a reasonable value for the services of such where no direct wage or salary is paid to them), rent (or a reasonable return on capital invested in real property used in said business) depreciation, selling costs (including gifts or premiums or other valuable considerations passing from the dealer to the purchaser in connection with the sale of motor fuel), maintenance of equipment, delivery costs, all types of licenses, taxes, insurance, and advertising.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295b - Licensing of Retail Dealers Engaged in the Business of Selling Motor Fuel or Automotive Lubricating Oil

Section 295B. No retail dealer shall engage in the business of selling motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil at retail without first procuring from the division a license for each station, store, garage or other establishment at which his said business is to be conducted. Licenses issued under this section shall be issued upon written application to the division, shall be issued only to persons who own the business to be licensed and who are the owners or lessees of the premises on which the business is to be conducted, shall be effective from the date of their issuance until the first day of January of the ensuing year, and shall be renewed annually. A license fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven shall be paid for the issuance of every such license and every renewal thereof.  Each licensee shall conspicuously display his license at the station, store, garage or other establishment to which it pertains. The requirements of this section with respect to licenses are hereby declared to be in addition to, and not in substitution for, license requirements contained in any other statute, ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation.  The division shall forthwith notify the commissioner of revenue in writing of all licenses issued, renewed, transferred, modified, cancelled or suspended by it.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295c - Display of Price of Motor Fuel on Dispensing Devices

Section 295C. A retail dealer of motor fuel shall publicly display and maintain on each pump or other dispensing device from which motor fuel is sold by him, at least 1 sign, clearly visible, stating the price per gallon of each grade of motor fuel sold from the pump or device. A sign shall be not less than 8 inches by 10 inches in size. The price shown on a sign shall include all taxes imposed with respect to the manufacture or sale of the motor fuel sold at that pump or device and shall contain either a statement of the taxes included in the price or, without specifying the amount of the taxes, shall state that such taxes are included in the price. All figures, including fractions, on a sign, other than figures and fractions used in a price computing mechanism and constituting a part of a pump or dispensing device, shall be the same size.  No sign, advertising material or other display or product that is placed upon, above or around a pump or dispenser shall directly or indirectly obscure the posted price sign as required by the preceding paragraph.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295d - Advertisement of Motor Fuel

Section 295D. Any advertisement of motor fuel other than those required in section 295C shall display the total price including all taxes.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295e - Posting Motor Fuel Price on Pump or Other Dispensing Device; Duration; Selling Price; Rebates, Premiums, etc.; Restrictions; Penalties; Inapplicability to Self-Service Pump Dispensing

Section 295E. The price posted on any pump or other dispensing device from which motor fuel is sold, as required by section two hundred and ninety-five C, shall remain posted thereon and continue in effect thereat for a period of not less than twenty-four consecutive hours. No retail dealer shall sell motor fuel at any price other than the price so posted at the time of the sale. No premiums, rebates, allowances, concessions, prizes or other benefits shall be given directly or indirectly by any retail dealer so as to permit any purchaser to obtain motor fuel from such retail dealer at a net price lower than the posted price applicable at the time of the sale. In no transaction in which a retail dealer may fix or set a single price or charge for the sale of a quantity of motor fuel, together with some other commodity or service, shall such single price or charge be less than the aggregate of the charge, in accordance with the posted price, for the motor fuel involved in the transaction, plus the charge for such other commodity or service when the same is sold or rendered separately, rather than in combination with the sale of motor fuel.  Any retail dealer who sells and delivers motor fuel to a customer from a dispensing device, shall return the quantity indicator on the meter face to zero before each delivery by either automatic or manual means. A retail dealer shall not set the price indicator on the meter face of the dispensing device at a price per gallon higher than that posted on the dispensing device. Whoever violates any provision of the preceding two sentences shall, notwithstanding any contrary provision of section two hundred and ninety-five K, be punished by a fine of fifty dollars for the first offense and by a fine of one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. The provisions of the first sentence of this paragraph shall not apply to motor fuel which is dispensed from a self-service pump operated by a customer.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295f - Marking of Brand Name, etc., of Product on Storage or Dispensing Equipment for Motor Fuel or Automotive Lubricating Oil

Section 295F. All above-ground equipment for storing or dispensing motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil operated by a retail dealer shall bear in a conspicuous place the brand name or trade-mark of the product stored therein or sold or dispensed therefrom. If the motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil stored in or sold or dispensed from above-ground equipment by a retail dealer has no brand name or trade-mark, such container or dispensing equipment shall have conspicuously displayed thereon the words ''No Brand''.  All equipment or containers used for the storage or dispensing of automotive lubricating oils made in whole or in part from previously used lubricating oils shall have displayed thereon the words ''made from previously used lubricating oils''. The size of the letters in said words shall be not less than size fourteen point type on two-gallon cans, or those holding a lesser quantity, and one inch high on all larger containers, but in no case shall the letters be smaller than those in any other words in the same descriptive panel.  All automotive lubricating oil containers shall bear, in a conspicuous place on the container, a number indicating the viscosity classification of the contents, such classification to be determined according to such standard methods as the division may from time to time prescribe.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295g - Standards for Gasoline; Adulteration or Substitution of Motor Fuel or Lubricating Oil

Section 295G. No person shall sell or offer to sell as gasoline any motor fuel or other substance which has an end point higher than four hundred and thirty-seven degrees Fahrenheit, when tested according to such standard methods as may, from time to time, be prescribed by order, rule or regulation under section two hundred and ninety-five I.  No person shall adulterate or permit the adulteration of any motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil offered for sale or sold under a brand name or trade-mark or distinguishing mark of the manufacturer or distributor of said products, or substitute or permit the substitution of any other motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil therefor. No person shall sell or dispense, or offer to sell or dispense, from any pump, tank or other dispensing device or container any motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil other than that indicated by the name, trade name, trade-mark, symbol, sign or other distinguishing mark of the manufacturer or distributor of said product, if any, appearing on said pump, tank or other dispensing device or container.  Every manufacturer or distributor of motor fuel or automotive lubricating oil shall submit samples of said products when requested by the division.  No person shall sell or offer to sell any automotive lubricating oil for automotive purposes which does not conform with the viscosity classification marked on the container, such classification to be determined according to such standard methods as the division may from time to time prescribe.  No person shall sell or offer to sell as diesel motor fuel, any motor fuel or other substance which does not conform to standard specifications for diesel motor fuel when tested according to standard methods of testing. Such standard specifications and standard methods of testing may be prescribed by order, rule or regulation promulgated under the provisions of section two hundred and ninety-five I.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295h - Administration and Enforcement of Secs. 295a to 295o

Section 295H. The division and any representative authorized by the director of standards and any person authorized under section 34, 35 or 36 of chapter 98 shall administer and enforce sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive. For said purpose, the department, subject to appropriation, may appoint to the division such additional investigators, inspectors, analysts, clerks and other assistants as it may deem necessary.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295i - Orders, Rules and Regulations; Adoption; Amendment; Repeal

Section 295I. The division may adopt, amend, alter or repeal, and shall enforce, all such reasonable orders, rules and regulations as may be necessary or suitable for the administration and enforcement of said sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive, and the division may, in such administration and enforcement, at any time cause to be made by its agents or representatives an audit, examination or investigation of the books, records, papers, vouchers, accounts and documents of any retail dealer, who shall make them available at any time upon oral or written demand to the division or any of its duly authorized agents or representatives.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295j - Records of Retail Dealer

Section 295J. Every retail dealer shall keep such records as may be prescribed by the orders, rules or regulations adopted by the division under section two hundred and ninety-five I, and all such records shall be safely preserved by such retail dealer for a period of one year, and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the division or any of its duly authorized agents or representatives.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295k - Penalties for Violation of Secs. 295a to 295j

Section 295K. Whoever, himself or by his agent or servant, violates any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five J, inclusive, except section two hundred and ninety-five G, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A of chapter 98. Whoever, himself or by his agent or servant, violates any provision of section two hundred and ninety-five G shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Upon the second conviction of any licensee of any such violation, whether by himself or by his agent or servant, the division may suspend the right of such licensee to engage in the business of selling motor fuel at retail for a period not exceeding three months, and upon the third or subsequent conviction of any licensee of any such violation, whether by himself or by his agent or servant, the division may suspend such right for a period not exceeding one year.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295l - Jurisdiction of Superior Court; Injunctions

Section 295L. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enjoin the habitual, continued or repeated violation of any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five J, inclusive, by any retail dealer. Petitions for such relief may be filed by any person injured or damaged by such violation.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295m (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295m - Conflicts With Other Laws

Section 295M. Whenever the application of any provision of any other law of this commonwealth conflicts with the application of any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive, said sections shall prevail.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295n - Partial Invalidity

Section 295N. If any provision of said sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of said sections, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance other than that as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295o (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295o - Citation of Secs. 295a to 295o; Motor Fuel Sales Act

Section 295O. Sections two hundred and ninety-five A to two hundred and ninety-five O, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the ''Motor Fuel Sales Act.''
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295p (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295p - Retail Sale of Motor Fuel Below Cost

Section 295P. No retail dealer shall, with intent to injure competitors or destroy substantially or lessen competition, advertise, offer to sell, or sell at retail motor fuel at less than cost to such retail dealer.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295q (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295q - Cost Survey as Evidence of Cost

Section 295Q. Where the retail dealers or any part thereof in a trading area have caused to be made by an independent agency a cost survey of doing retail business in such area in accordance with generally accepted methods of accounting in which survey all retail dealers in said area have been given an opportunity to furnish to the surveyor information from their books and records with respect to their cost of doing business and the said retail dealers have thereafter been given an opportunity to adopt or reject said survey by written approval, such cost-survey shall be deemed competent evidence in proving the cost to any such retailer.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295r (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295r - Application of Secs. 295p to 295w to Retail Sales

Section 295R. The provisions of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive, shall not apply to sales at retail made:—  (a) Where motor fuel is advertised or offered for sale or sold upon the final liquidation of the business of said retail dealer.  (b) Where motor fuel is sold in good faith to meet the price of a competitor.  (c) Where motor fuel is advertised or offered for sale or sold by any fiduciary or other officer acting under the order or direction of any court.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295s (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295s - Penalty for Violating Sec. 295p

Section 295S. Any retail dealer who violates any of the provisions of section two hundred and ninety-five P shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295t (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295t - Jurisdiction of Superior Court; Injunctions; Prosecutions by District Attorneys

Section 295T. On complaint of any retail dealer the superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain and enjoin any act declared illegal by any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive, and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys, in their respective districts, to prosecute all violators of any provision of said sections.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295u (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295u - Conflicts With Other Laws

Section 295U. Whenever the application of the provisions of any other law of this commonwealth conflicts with the application of the provisions of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, said sections shall prevail.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295v (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295v - Severability of Provisions of Secs. 295p to 295w

Section 295V. If any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of said section or the application of such provision to person or circumstance other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
MA Gen L ch 94 § 295w (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94 - Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles|Section 295w - Citation of Secs. 295p to 295w; Unfair Sales Act for the Retail Sale of Motor Fuels

Section 295W. Sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the ''Unfair Sales Act for the Retail Sale of Motor Fuels''.