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[CITE: 15USC2824]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                CHAPTER 55--PETROLEUM MARKETING PRACTICES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--OCTANE DISCLOSURE
 
Sec. 2824. Relationship of statutory provisions to State and 
        local laws
        
    (a) To the extent that any provision of this subchapter applies to 
any act or omission, no State or any political subdivision thereof may 
adopt or continue in effect, except as provided in subsection (b) of 
this section, any provision of law or regulation with respect to such 
act or omission, unless such provision of such law or regulation is the 
same as the applicable provision of this subchapter.
    (b) A State or political subdivision thereof may provide for any 
investigative or enforcement action, remedy, or penalty (including 
procedural actions necessary to carry out such investigative or 
enforcement actions, remedies, or penalties) with respect to any 
provision of law or regulation permitted by subsection (a) of this 
section.

(Pub. L. 95-297, title II, Sec. 204, June 19, 1978, 92 Stat. 337; Pub. 
L. 102-486, title XV, Sec. 1502(a), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2997.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-486 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``To the extent that any provision of this 
subchapter applies to any act or omission, no State or any political 
subdivision thereof may adopt, enforce, or continue in effect any 
provision of any law or regulation (including any remedy or penalty 
applicable to any violation thereof) with respect to such act or 
omission, unless such provision of such law or regulation is the same as 
the applicable provision of this subchapter.''
