In this chapter:
- I. "Agreement" means any written agreement between a supplier and a dealer under which the dealer is granted the right to use a trademark, trade name, service mark or other identifying symbol or name owned by the supplier.
- II. "Commission agent" means a person who receives remuneration for his services in the form of a commission. The commission may be in the form of a percentage, a set fee, or a rate.
- III. "Dealer" means any person who is not a petroleum supplier and who is engaged in the retail sale of gasoline to the motoring public in the state under agreements entered into with a petroleum supplier.
- IV. "Distributor" means a person, other than a major oil company, who is engaged in commerce in the state, marketing petroleum products through the sale, consignment or distribution of such products to wholesale and retail accounts.
- V. "Franchise" means the right of a dealer to operate a business under an agreement, and shall include both dealers who own and dealers who lease the premises on which the franchise is operated.
- VI. "Major brand" means the trademark name of a company's product which is sold, consigned, or distributed and which is controlled or owned by a supplier.
- VII. "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, unincorporated association, 2 or more of the foregoing having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.
- VIII. "Retail service station" means any service station, garage, or retail outlet which sells automotive gasoline and diesel fuel to the general public for ultimate consumption.
- IX. "Secondary brand" means the trademark name of a second brand owned and controlled by a supplier and which is sometimes used as an alternative operating brand name under certain circumstances.
- X. "Special modification" means a temporary adjustment of the normal rental rate.
- XI. "Supplier" means any person, other than a distributor, engaged in the sale, consignment or distribution of petroleum products to retail service stations.
- XII. "Unbranded station" means any retail service station, which sells gasoline under a private label trade name.
Source. 1974, 24:1. 1983, 456:1, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.