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Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)

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     Between line(s) 5876-5877

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and insert:

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     Section 89.  Section 526.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to

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read:

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     526.06  Mixing, blending, compounding, or adulteration of

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liquid fuels of same manufacturer prohibited; sale of gasoline

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blended with ethanol gasohol.--It is unlawful for any person to

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mix, blend, compound, or adulterate the liquid fuel, lubricating

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oil, grease, or similar product of a manufacturer or distributor

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with a liquid fuel, lubricating oil, grease, or similar product

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of the same manufacturer or distributor of a character or nature

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different from the character or nature of the liquid fuel,

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lubricating oil, grease, or similar product so mixed, blended,

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compounded, or adulterated, and expose for sale, offer for sale,

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or sell the same as the unadulterated product of such

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manufacturer or distributor or as the unadulterated product of

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any other manufacturer or distributor. However, nothing in this

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chapter shall be construed to prevent the lawful owner of such

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products from applying his, her, or its own trademark, trade

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name, or symbol to any product or material. Ethanol-blended

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Alcohol-blended fuels which contain 90 percent unleaded gasoline

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and up to 10 percent denatured ethanol by volume ethyl alcohol of

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a minimum of 198 proof and a maximum 50 parts per million of

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acetic acid, commonly known as "gasohol," may be sold at retail

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service stations for use in motor vehicles, as long as the

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gasoline component complies with current state specifications,

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until the American Society for Testing and Materials approves

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specifications for gasohol. To provide retail service stations

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flexibility during the transition period to ethanol-blended

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fuels, the T50 and TV/L specifications for gasoline containing

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between 9 and 10 percent ethanol shall be applied to all gasoline

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containing between 1 and 10 percent ethanol by volume provided

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the last three or fewer deliveries contained between 9 and 10

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percent ethanol by volume. If there is no reasonable availability

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of ethanol or the price of ethanol exceeds the price of gasoline,

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the T50 and TV/L specifications for gasoline containing between 9

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and 10 percent ethanol shall be applicable for gasoline

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containing between 1 and 10 percent ethanol for up to three

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deliveries of fuel.

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(Renumber subsequent sections)

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 335 after the semicolon ";"

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and insert:

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amending s. 526.06, F.S.; revising provisions for the sale

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of gasoline blended with ethanol; providing specifications

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for transitioning to ethanol-blended fuels;

4/29/2008  6:57:00 PM     EP.37.08994