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(a) After the effective date of this Act, no producer, refiner, or manufacturer of motor fuels as the terms are defined in sections 2-101 (j) and (1) of this Act shall open a retail service station in the District of Columbia, irrespective of whether or not such retail service station will be operated under a trademark owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by such producer, refiner, or manufacturer, unless such retail service station is to be operated by a person or entity other than either an

employee, servant, commissioned agent or subsidiary of such producer, refiner, or manufacturer or a person or entity who operates or manages such retail service station under a contract with such producer, refiner, or manufacturer which provides for a fee arrangement.

(b) After January 1, 1981, no producer, refiner, or manufacturer of motor fuels as the terms are defined in sections 2-101(j) and (1) of this Act shall operate a retail service station in the District of Columbia, irrespective of whether or not such retail service station will be operated under a trademark owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by such producer, refiner, or manufacturer, with employees, servants, commissioned agents, or subsidiaries of such producer, refiner, or manufacturer or with a person or entity who operates or manages such retail service station

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under a contract with such producer, refiner, or manufacturer which provides for a fee arrangement. Sec. 3-103.

Non-Discrimination.

(a) Every wholesaler shall extend all voluntary allowances, including, but not limited to, any temporary or permanent price reduction, price allowance, price adjustment, special sale, deal, discount, inducement, incentive, rent rebate, rent abatement, rent relief, premium or other allowance, uniformily, on an equitable basis, to every retail service stations served. In the event that an exceptional or undue hardship has been imposed on a specific retail service station by the occurence or existence of special or unusual circumstances, including, but not limited to, loss by fire or a temporary road closing, a nonuniformily extended voluntary allowance may be extended to such retail service station.

(b) Every wholesaler shall apply all equipment rental charges for equipment of a comparable age, condition, grade, or quality uniformily, on an equitable basis, to every retail service station served.

(c) Every wholesaler shall, during periods of shortage affecting such wholesaler, apportion uniformily all motor fuels, including all grades of motor fuel, and all petroleum products affected by such shortage, on an equitable basis,

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to every retail service station served.

No wholesaler shall unreasonably discriminate between retail service stations in their allotments. For the purpose of this subsection, a shortage shall exist when any wholesaler is unable or unwilling for any reason, on either a permanent or temporary basis, to sell, distribute, or supply any specific motor fuels or petroleum products to all retail service stations previously served in a quantity equivalent to that previously sold, distributed, or supplied to such retail service stations.

Sec. 3-104.

Rules and Regulations; Exemptions.

(a) Upon finding that enforcement of section 3-102 of this Title would imposed an exceptional or undue hardship upon any refiner, producer, or manufacturer as a result of the existence of special or unusual circumstances, the Mayor may grant permission to such producer, refiner, or manufacturer to temporarily operate a retail service station for a period of not longer than ninety (90) days. Within sixty (60) days following the effective date of this Act, the Mayor shall promulgate rules and regulations specifying the special or unusual circumstances during which a producer, refiner, or manufacturer may temporarily operate a retail service station, including, but not limited to, the abandonment of a retail service station by a retail dealer,

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the termination of, cancellation of, or failure to renew a marketing agreement other than a wrongful or illegal termination, cancellation, or failure to renew and other emergencies. Any producer, refiner, or manufacturer who desires the permission provided for in this subsection shall submit a written request for such permission to the Mayor, on such form or forms and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Mayor, prior to operating any retail service station. Such request shall include a statement of the special or unusual circumstances that exist and of the exceptional or undue hardship which would result from the enforcement of section 3-102 of this Title. Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed as authorizing any producer, refiner, or manufacturer to operate any retail service station in violation of this Title during the pendency of a request for permission to temporarily operate such retail service station.

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manufacturer who is unable, after reasonable effort, to either sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any retail service station which he owns, leases, or otherwise controls

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with a qualified retail dealer or other person who is authorized to operate such retail service station under section 3-102 of this Title.

(c) The Mayor is authorized to promulgate all other rules and regulations necessary for the proper implementation and enforcement of Titles I and III of this

Act.

(a) The Mayor may require any person subject to the provisions of section 3-101 of this Title to maintain such written records and to file with the Mayor written reports containing such information as the Mayor shall deem necessary for the proper implementation and enforcement of Titles I and III of this Act.

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