HB411 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Mac McCutcheon
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Gasoline and motor fuels, price regulation, application to combined sales of motor fuel and other goods clarified, definition of fuel cost revised, Motor Fuel Marketing Act, Secs. 8-22-2, 8-22-4, 8-22-8, 8-22-10 am'd.
Summary: HB411 tightens rules for selling motor fuel with other goods to prevent subsidizing fuel prices with profits from non-fuel sales.
What This Bill Does
It clarifies how combined sales of motor fuel and other goods are treated and defines key terms. It prohibits below-cost pricing in such combined sales to stop predatory subsidies. It allows certain price considerations, like cost differences or matching a competitor, and sets how costs are calculated for fuel and other goods. It takes effect immediately after the governor approves it.

Who It Affects
Motor fuel retailers and wholesalers (including buying pools) — their pricing, cost calculations, and ability to offer combined sales with other goods are regulated by the new rules.
Independent motor fuel marketers (dealers, distributors, jobbers, wholesalers) — protections against predatory subsidized pricing are emphasized and specific cost-based pricing rules apply to them.

Key Provisions
Finds that motor fuel marketing is in the public interest and that subsidized pricing (where profits from other operations cover fuel losses) harms competition and could threaten consumers.
Redefines terms such as motor fuel, retailer, wholesaler, buying pool, other goods, basic cost of motor fuel, cost to refiner/wholesaler/retailer, and transfer price to standardize pricing calculations.
Prohibits selling motor fuel in a combined sale with other goods at a price below the total cost of all included items, with exceptions for cost differentials, meeting a competitor's price, and other specified circumstances.
Requires the basic cost of motor fuel and other goods to be calculated using set formulas (invoiced cost or weighted-average cost, plus freight and taxes, minus trade discounts, and including cost of doing business).
For advertisements and promotions involving two or more items (including motor fuel) or gifts/concessions, the combined price must not be below the total cost of all items; if non-motor fuel items are included, their cost is determined similarly to motor fuel.
Effective date: immediate following the governor's approval.

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Subjects: Motor Fuel