42 USC § 8522 - Out-of-State vehicles to be exempted from odd-even motor fuel purchase restrictions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s8522"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 8522 - Out-of-State vehicles to be exempted from odd-even motor fuel purchase restrictions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "8522"
section_name: "Out-of-State vehicles to be exempted from odd-even motor fuel purchase restrictions"
chapter_number: 93
chapter_name: "EMERGENCY ENERGY CONSERVATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "OTHER AUTOMOBILE FUEL PURCHASE MEASURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–102, title II, § 222, Nov. 5, 1979, 93 Stat. 767.)"
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# § 8522. Out-of-State vehicles to be exempted from odd-even motor fuel purchase restrictions

**(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).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–102, title II, § 222, Nov. 5, 1979, 93 Stat. 767.)