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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="10-301" title_number="10" title_name="Motor Fuel and Lubricants" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Inspection and Sale of Motor Fuel">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Below cost” means a price that is less than the total of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the most recently published average reseller rack cost of motor fuel by grade and quality, as calculated by the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), for the particular terminal from which the motor fuel was delivered to the retail service station dealer, or the actual invoice cost from the supplier of the product, whichever is lower; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the freight charges and all applicable federal, State, and local taxes not included in the invoice cost.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Dealer” means a person who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>imports any gasoline into the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>blends, in the State, any gasoline on which the motor fuel tax has not been paid;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>refines, in the State, any gasoline on which the motor fuel tax has not been paid; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>acquires, in the State, any gasoline on which the motor fuel tax has not been paid, for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>export; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>wholesale distribution.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Dealer” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the State when it engages in any activities listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a political subdivision of the State when it engages in any of the activities listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Dealer” does not include a person who brings gasoline into the State in the fuel supply tank of an aircraft, motor vehicle, or vessel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Manufacturer” means a person who in the State blends gasoline from blend stocks before final sale.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Special fuel seller” has the meaning stated in § 9-301(s) of the Tax - General Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
