NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 158
HOUSE BILL 450

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 119-13.1 AND G.S. 119-13.2 RELATING TO REPROCESSED OIL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 119-13.1 of the General Statutes is rewritten in its entirety as follows:
"§ 119-13.1.  Definitions. — As used in this Article:
(1)	'Re-refined or reprocessed oil' means lubricating oil for use in internal combustion engines, which has been re-refined or processed in whole or part from previously used lubricating oils.
(2)	'Specifications' means the minimum chemical properties or analysis as determined by the American Society for Testing Materials (A.S.T.M.) test methods using current ASTM analytical procedures."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 119-13.2 is rewritten as follows:
"§ 119-13.2.  Labels required on sealed containers; oil to meet minimum specifications. — It shall be unlawful to offer for sale or sell or deliver in this State re-refined or reprocessed oil, as hereinbefore defined, in a sealed container unless this container be labeled or bear a label on which shall be expressed the brand or trade name of the oil and the words 'made from previously used lubricating oil'; the name and address of the person, firm, or corporation who has re-refined or reprocessed said oil or placed it in the container; the Society of Automotive Engineers (S.A.E.) viscosity number; the net contents of the container expressed in U.S. liquid measure of quarts, gallons, or pints; which label has been registered and approved by the Gasoline and Oil Inspection Division of the Department of Agriculture; and that the oil in each container shall meet the minimum specifications. The Gasoline and Oil Inspection Board shall adopt minimum quality specifications, the measurement of which shall be accomplished using current A.S.T.M. analytical procedures."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of March, 1979.