Section 13401.

(a) "Sell" or any of its variants means attempt to sell, offer for sale or assist in the sale of, permit to be sold or offered for sale or delivery, offer for delivery, trade, barter, or expose for sale.

(b) "Manufacturer" means manufacturer, refiner, producer, or importer.

(c) "Petroleum products" means gasoline, diesel fuel, liquefied petroleum gas only when used as a motor fuel, kerosene, thinner, solvent, liquefied natural gas, pressure appliance fuel, or white gasoline, or any motor fuel, or any oil represented as engine lubricant, engine oil, lubricating or motor oil, or any oil used to lubricate transmissions, gears, or axles.

(d) "Barrel," when applied to petroleum products, consists of 42 gallons.

(e) "Oil" means motor oil, engine lubricant, engine oil, lubricating oil, or oils used to lubricate transmissions, gears, or axles.

(f) "Motor oil" means engine oil, engine lubricant, or lubricating oil.

(g) "Gasoline" means a volatile mixture of liquid hydrocarbons, generally containing small amounts of additives, suitable for use as a fuel in spark-ignition internal combustion engines.

(h) "Engine fuel" means any liquid or gaseous matter used for the generation of power in an internal combustion engine or fuel cell. "Motor fuel" means "engine fuel" when that term is used in this chapter.

(i) "Motor vehicle fuel" means any product intended for consumption in an internal combustion engine or fuel cell to produce the power to self-propel a vehicle designed for transporting persons or property on a public street or highway.

(j) "Diesel fuel" means any petroleum product offered for sale which meets the standards prescribed for diesel fuel by this chapter.

(k) "Kerosene" means any petroleum product offered for sale which meets the standards prescribed for kerosene by this chapter.

(l) "Fuel oil" means any petroleum product offered for sale which meets the standards prescribed for fuel oil by this chapter.

(m) "Automotive spark-ignition engine fuel" means any product used for the generation of power in a spark-ignition internal combustion engine.

(n) "Compression-ignition engine fuel" means any product used for the generation of power in a compression-ignition internal combustion engine.

(o) "Gasoline-oxygenate blend" means a fuel consisting primarily of gasoline along with a substantial amount of one or more oxygenates. For purposes of this section, "substantial amount" means more than 0.35 mass percent oxygen or, if methanol is the only oxygenate, more than 0.15 mass percent oxygen.

(p) "Oxygenate" means an oxygen-containing, ashless, organic compound such as an alcohol or ether, which can be used as a fuel or fuel supplement.

(q) "Developmental engine fuel" means any experimental automotive spark-ignition engine fuel or compression-ignition fuel which does not meet current standards established by this chapter but has characteristics which may lead to an improved fuel standard or the development of an alternative fuel standard.

(r) "Hydrogen" means a fuel composed of the chemical hydrogen intended for consumption in an internal combustion engine or fuel cell.

(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 91, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)