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[CITE: 42USC8522]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 93--EMERGENCY ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--OTHER AUTOMOBILE FUEL PURCHASE MEASURES
 
Sec. 8522. Out-of-State vehicles to be exempted from odd-even 
        motor fuel purchase restrictions
        

(a) General rule

    Notwithstanding any provision of any Federal, State, or local law, 
any odd-even fuel purchase plan in effect in any State may not prohibit 
the sale of motor fuel to any person for use in a vehicle bearing a 
license plate issued by any authority other than that State or a State 
contiguous to that State.

(b) ``Odd-even fuel purchase plan'' defined

    For purposes of this section the term ``odd-even fuel purchase 
plan'' means any motor fuel sales restriction under which a person may 
purchase motor fuel for use in any vehicle only on days (or other 
periods of time) determined on the basis of a number or letter appearing 
on the license plate of that vehicle (or on any similar basis).

(Pub. L. 96-102, title II, Sec. 222, Nov. 5, 1979, 93 Stat. 767.)
