1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to consumer protection; regulating certain gasoline sales near terminals; 
1.3 	prescribing penalties;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 325D.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [325D.671] RETAIL SALES NEAR GASOLINE TERMINALS.
1.7 	A person, firm, company, association, or corporation, foreign or domestic, doing 
1.8 	business in this state as the owner and operator of both a gasoline terminal and two or 
1.9 	more retail locations offering the sale of gasoline by way of posted price or indicating 
1.10 	meter may not charge gasoline customers of the retail locations within seven miles of the 
1.11 	terminal more than the lowest price offered by any of the retail locations under the same 
1.12 	ownership located within 35 miles of the terminal.
1.13 	A violation of this section is a violation of section 325D.67, except that the criminal 
1.14 	penalties in section 325D.67, subdivision 2, do not apply. In addition to the penalties 
1.15 	for violations and the remedies provided for injured parties set forth elsewhere in this 
1.16 	chapter, the commissioner of commerce may use the authority under section 45.027 for 
1.17 	the purpose of preventing violations of this section.