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title: "42 U.S.C. § 8522"
description: "Out-of-State vehicles to be exempted from odd-even motor fuel purchase restrictions"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_name: "EMERGENCY ENERGY CONSERVATION"
section: "8522"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 8522"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 8522 - Out-of-State vehicles to be exempted from odd-even motor fuel purchase restrictions

## Text

(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, § 222, Nov. 5, 1979, 93 Stat. 767.)