                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OPERATION OF RETAIL OUTLET BY REFINER; APPORTIONMENT OF FUELS DURING PERIODS OF
SHORTAGE; RULES AND REGULATIONS (§ 59.1-21.16:2)

A. After July 1, 1979, no refiner of petroleum products shall operate any major
brand, secondary brand, or unbranded retail outlet in the Commonwealth of
Virginia with company personnel, a parent company, or under a contract with any
person, firm, or corporation, managing a service station on a fee arrangement
with the refiner; however, such refiner may operate such retail outlet with the
aforesaid personnel, parent, person, firm, or corporation if such outlet is
located not less than one and one-half miles from the nearest retail outlet
operated by any dealer or jobber/distributor, as measured by the most direct
surface transportation route from the gas pump at the refiner&#8217;s facility
that is nearest a gas pump at the dealer&#8217;s or jobber/distributor&#8217;s
facility; and provided, that once in operation, no refiner shall be required to
change or cease operation of any retail outlet by the provisions of this
section.
			During the period July 1, 1990, through June 30, 1991, no refiner may
construct and operate with company personnel as defined in this section any new
major brand, secondary brand, or unbranded retail outlet in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, except on any property purchased or under option to purchase by March
1, 1990.

B. Every refiner of petroleum products shall apportion all gasoline and diesel
fuel among their purchasers during periods of shortages on an equitable basis.

C. No new lease, lease renewal, new supply contract, or new supply contract
renewal under this chapter shall impose purchase or sales quotas.

D. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to retail outlets
operated by producers or refiners on July 1, 1979.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 306; 1984, c. 720; 1990, c. 907; 1995, c. 664; 2003, c. 410;
2012, c. 351.