{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-36-302.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 36-302.02","heading":"Restrictions on operation.","body":"(a)\nAfter April 19, 1977, no producer, refiner, or manufacturer of motor fuels as the terms are defined in § 36-301(6A), (9), and (12), shall open a retail service station in the District of Columbia, irrespective of whether or not the retail service station will be operated under a trademark owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the producer, refiner, or manufacturer, unless the retail service station is to be operated by a person or entity other than.\n(1)\nAn employee, servant, commissioned agent, or subsidiary of the  producer, refiner, or manufacturer; or\n(2)\nA person or entity who operates or manages the retail service station under a contract with the producer, refiner, or manufacturer which provides for a fee arrangement.\n\n(b)\nAfter January 1, 1981, no producer, refiner, or manufacturer of motor fuels, as the terms are defined in § 36-301.01(6A), (9), and (12), shall operate a retail service station in the District of Columbia, irrespective of whether or not the retail service station will be operated under a trademark owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the producer, refiner, or manufacturer; with employees, servants, commissioned agents, or subsidiaries of the producer, refiner, or manufacturer; or with a person or entity who operates or manages the retail service station under a contract with the producer, refiner, or manufacturer which provides for a fee arrangement; provided, that any entity, which, as of October 9, 1979, operates a retail service station in the District of Columbia, and of which a producer, refiner, or manufacturer, as defined in § 36-301.01(6A) and (12), only has no more than 49% voting control, may continue to operate the station after January 1, 1981, so long as no producer, refiner or manufacturer, as defined in § 36-301.01(6A) and (12), only has more than 49% voting control of the entity.\n\n(c)\nRepealed.\n\n(d)\nNot Funded.","path":["Title 36. Trade Practices.","Chapter 3. Retail Service Stations.","Subchapter II. Operation of Retail Service Stations."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/36-302.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"ccc5e03aa4441de68d1983b1a36d7f10ab882703b782ad37966b02ed6e61c962","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-36-302.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-36-302.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}