Section 290.644 - Transferring, selling, dispensing, or offering gasoline for sale; posting notice on pump dispensing gasoline; contents and design of notice; exception; rule to contain design for uniform notice; violation; liability; disposition of civil fine; applicability of subsection (1)(1) A retail dealer shall not transfer, sell, dispense, or offer gasoline for sale in this state unless the pump dispensing the gasoline is posted with a notice, as provided in subsection (2), that indicates the grade of gasoline and the additives in the gasoline that are dispensed from the pump. If the gasoline contains at least 1% alcohol by volume, the notice shall state: "Contains (indicate the type of alcohol such as methanol, and if methanol the label shall state "alcohol: methanol", followed, in the same size type, by the concentration to the nearest whole percent)". If the gasoline contains alcohols or ethers that have a molecular weight greater than ethanol and are not mixed with methanol, those alcohols or ethers are not subject to the notice requirement of this section. Gasoline that contains 10% or less ethanol is not subject to the notice requirement of this section.(2) The director shall design a uniform means of providing the notice required by subsection (1). The notice shall be designed in such a manner that the consumer can readily identify the grade of gasoline and the additives in the gasoline. The notice shall include a statement indicating that the gasoline dispensed from the pump meets the quality and purity standards established by the laws of this state and indicating the number of the 24-hour toll free consumer hot line maintained pursuant to section 7(2).(3) The director shall include the design for the uniform notice required by this section in a rule promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.(4) A person who violates this section or rules promulgated pursuant to this section is liable for a civil fine not to exceed $1,000.00 for each day of the continuance of the violation. A civil fine ordered pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the gasoline inspection and testing fund created by section 8.(5) Subsection (1) shall not apply until 90 days after the rule required by subsection (3) is promulgated.Added by 2003, Act 116, s 1, 1/1/2004.1984, Act 44, Eff. 3/29/1985 ;--Am. 1986, Act 127, Eff. 8/1/1986.