Opinion of the Justices

To the Honorable Senate:

The two questions submitted are: (1) whether House Bill No. 868 *327which proposes to prohibit producers and refiners of petroleum products from operating retail gasoline stations in the State and requires suppliers of petroleum products to uniformly treat dealers buying from them would violate either the Federal or New Hampshire Constitution; (2) whether the proposed senate amendment to No. 868, permitting producers and refiners which do not lease or franchise any retail gasoline stations to operate such stations, violates either the Federal or the State Constitution.

As…