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. (a) On or before January 1, 2008, the State Fire Marshal
shall approve and list portable gasoline containers that are designed
and constructed according to one of the following child-resistant
standards:
(1) Construction and design standards that are substantially the
same as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
F2517-05 standard, issued by ASTM International, or any successor
standard issued by ASTM International.
(2) Construction and design standards approved by a national
testing laboratory recognized by the State Fire Marshal.
(b) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or possess for sale, on
or after April 1, 2008, a portable gasoline container that has not
been listed and approved by the State Fire Marshal.
(c) For purposes of this section, "portable gasoline container"
means any container or vessel with a nominal capacity of 10 gallons
or less that is intended for reuse and is designed, used, sold,
advertised, or offered for sale primarily for receiving,
transporting, storing, or dispensing gasoline. "Portable gasoline
container" does not include either of the following:
(1) A container or vessel permanently embossed or permanently
labeled as described in Section 172.407(a) of Title 49 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, as it existed on September 15, 2005, indicating
containers or vessels that are solely intended for use with nonfuel
or nonkerosene products.
(2) A safety can meeting the requirements of Subpart F (commencing
with Section 1926.150) of Part 1926 of Title 29 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, as it existed on January 1, 2008. This exception
shall not apply to any safety can manufactured after October 31,
2008, unless the can contains a label or silkscreen of the words "NOT
CHILDPROOF" in a conspicuous and prominent place against a
contrasting background, and the type shall be clear and legible. On
safety cans larger than one quart, the font size of the label wording
shall be printed in at least 12-point type. On safety cans one-quart
and smaller, the font size of the label wording shall be printed in
at least 8-point type. All labels shall be printed in both English
and Spanish.
(d) Retailers are permitted to sell through existing supplies of
portable gasoline containers that have not been listed and approved
for sale by the State Fire Marshal.
(e) This section shall cease to be applicable if federal fire
safety standards for portable gasoline containers that preempt this
section are enacted and take effect subsequent to the effective date
of this statute and the State Fire Marshal so notifies the Secretary
of State.