AB 520

This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection (DATCP) from promulgating or enforcing a rule that requires motor

vehicle fueling facilities to have available to the public a telephone or other means

for contacting emergency services. Current law requires DATCP to promulgate rules

regarding tanks for storing flammable or combustible liquids and the property on

which such tanks are located. Some of DATCP's rules apply to a "point-of-sale

facility," which the rules define, in part, as a facility for dispensing motor vehicle fuel

without the involvement of an employee of the facility. One rule requires

point-of-sale dispensing facilities to have on site a telephone or other clearly

identified means to notify the fire department.

This bill prohibits DATCP from promulgating or enforcing a rule that requires

the owner or operator of any motor vehicle fueling facility to have a telephone or other

means for contacting emergency services available to the public.