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Senate passes motor fuel marketing act after extended floor debate
Summary
After hours of debate over enforcement authority, costs and marketplace effects, the Utah Senate passed Senate Bill 31, the Motor Fuel Marketing Act, which creates tracking and enforcement mechanisms for fuel pricing; the bill passed on a roll call announced by the clerk.
Salt Lake City — The Utah Senate passed Senate Bill 31, the Motor Fuel Marketing Act, after prolonged floor debate over whether the measure is the right tool to address suspected predatory pricing in the state’s motor fuel market.
Senator James McMullen, sponsor of the bill, said supporters drafted the measure to give consumer protection officials a clearer method to track fuel costs and pricing practices among distributors and dealers. "We wanted to be able to track the procedures handled among…
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