HRS §486B-3
Unlawful profiteering in petroleum sales
This section makes it illegal for anyone selling petroleum products to intentionally raise prices or cut supply by wasting product, limiting production or distribution, making deals that restrain trade, charging unfair profits, or helping someone else do these things. It defines these acts as an unlawful trade practice.
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The statute, as written — Unlawful profiteering
Any person who sells petroleum products and who, with intent to enhance the price or restrict the supply of petroleum products: (1) Wilfully causes or permits preventable waste in the production, manufacture, storage, or distribution of petroleum products; (2) Prevents, limits, lessens, or restricts the manufacture, production, supply, or distribution of petroleum products; (3) Enters into any contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce; (4) Exacts or demands any unjust or unreasonable profit in the sale, exchange, or handling of petroleum products; or (5) In any way aids or abets the doing of any act prohibited in paragraphs (1) to (4), commits an unlawful trade practice.
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