Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 93 — Emergency Energy Conservation
§ 8522. Out-of-State vehicles to be exempted from odd-even motor fuel purchase restrictions
Statutory text
General rule
Notwithstanding any provision of any Federal, State, or local law, any odd-even fuel purchase plan in effect in any State may not prohibit the sale of motor fuel to any person for use in a vehicle bearing a license plate issued by any authority other than that State or a State contiguous to that State.
“Odd-even fuel purchase plan” defined
For purposes of this section the term “odd-even fuel purchase plan” means any motor fuel sales restriction under which a person may purchase motor fuel for use in any vehicle only on days (or other periods of time) determined on the basis of a number or letter appearing on the license plate of that vehicle (or on any similar basis).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Emergency Energy Conservation Act of 1979
Pub. L. 96–102 title II § 222 · 93 Stat. 749
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 8522
(Pub. L. 96–102, title II, § 222, Nov. 5, 1979, 93 Stat. 767.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–102, title II, § 222, Nov. 5, 1979, 93 Stat. 767.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 222. OUT-OF-STATE VEHICLES TO BE EXEMPTED FROM ODD-EVEN MOTOR FUEL PURCHASE RESTRICTIONS. (a) General Rule.— Notwithstanding any provision of any Federal, 42 USC 8522. State, or local law, any odd-even fuel purchase plan in effect in any State may not prohibit the sale of motor fuel to any person for use in a vehicle bearing a license plate issued by any authority other than that State or a State contiguous to that State. (b) Definitions.— For purposes of this section the term “odd-even fuel purchase plan” means any motor fuel sales restriction under which a person may purchase motor fuel for use in any vehicle only on days (or other periods of time) determined on the basis of a number or letter appearing on the license plate of that vehicle (or on any similar basis).
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