§ 715a. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC715a]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 15A--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Sec. 715a. Definitions
As used in this chapter--
(1) The term ``contraband oil'' means petroleum which, or any
constituent part of which, was produced, transported, or withdrawn
from storage in excess of the amounts permitted to be produced,
transported, or withdrawn from storage under the laws of a State or
under any regulation or order prescribed thereunder by any board,
commission, officer, or other duly authorized agency of such State,
or any of the products of such petroleum, except petroleum or any of
its constituent parts, title to which has been acquired by a State
pursuant to its laws.
(2) The term ``products'' or ``petroleum products'' includes any
article produced or derived in whole or in part from petroleum or
any product thereof by refining, processing, manufacturing, or
otherwise.
(3) The term ``interstate commerce'' means commerce between any
point in a State and any point outside thereof, or between points
within the same State but through any place outside thereof, or from
any place in the United States to a foreign country, but only
insofar as such commerce takes place within the United States.
(4) The term ``person'' includes an individual, partnership,
corporation, or joint-stock company,
(Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 30; Pub. L. 89-644, Oct. 13,
1966, 80 Stat. 890.)
Amendments
1966--Pub. L. 89-644 inserted provisions in par. (1) exempting
petroleum or any of its constituent parts, title to which has been
acquired by a State pursuant to its laws.
