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Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":372827,"section_number":"59.1-21.18:3","catch_line":"Prohibited acts","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-21.18_3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1487241,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372828,"identifier":"59.1-21.18:4","token":"59.1\/2.2%3A1\/59.1-21.18_4","url":"\/59.1-21.18_4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-21.18_4\/","token":"59.1\/2.2%3A1\/59.1-21.18_4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions under chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-21.18:4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">supplier<\/span> shall be authorized <span class=\"dictionary\">to reduce<\/span> or discontinue <span class=\"dictionary\">monthly allocations<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">petroleum products<\/span> with any Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">distributor<\/span> if the <span class=\"dictionary\">supplier<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Furnishes the <span class=\"dictionary\">distributor<\/span> with an alternative source of <span class=\"dictionary\">monthly allocations<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">petroleum products<\/span> of equal type, grade, quantity and equivalent delivery location; or <a id=\"paragraph-1390422\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-21.18_4\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Agrees to supply the <span class=\"dictionary\">distributor<\/span> with <span class=\"dictionary\">monthly allocations<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">petroleum products<\/span> for a period of twelve months and furnishes the <span class=\"dictionary\">distributor<\/span> and the Governor of the Commonwealth with written notice of its intention <span class=\"dictionary\">to discontinue<\/span> or reduce such allocations at least twelve months in advance of such discontinuance or reduction. <a id=\"paragraph-1390423\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-21.18_4\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS UNDER CHAPTER (\u00a7 59.1-21.18:4)\n\nA supplier shall be authorized to reduce or discontinue monthly allocations of\npetroleum products with any Virginia distributor if the supplier:\n\n1. Furnishes the distributor with an alternative source of monthly allocations\nof petroleum products of equal type, grade, quantity and equivalent delivery\nlocation; or\n\n2. Agrees to supply the distributor with monthly allocations of petroleum\nproducts for a period of twelve months and furnishes the distributor and the\nGovernor of the Commonwealth with written notice of its intention to discontinue\nor reduce such allocations at least twelve months in advance of such\ndiscontinuance or reduction.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 457.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}