HF 2214 (LSB 5703YH (2) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2214

BY  GASSMAN

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for infrastructure to store and dispense certain types of ethanol blended gasoline, appropriating moneys for deposit in the renewable fuel infrastructure fund for use in installing motor fuel blender pumps, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 159A.11, Code 2020, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  “E-15 plus” means ethanol blended gasoline designated as at least E-15 or higher as specified in section 214A.2 but is not E-85 gasoline as defined in section 214A.1.
    Sec. 2.  Section 159A.14, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (a), Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Store and dispense E-15 plus gasoline. At least for the period beginning on September 16 and ending on May 31 of each year, the ethanol infrastructure must be used to store and dispense E-15 plus gasoline as a registered fuel recognized by the United States environmental protection agency.
    Sec. 3.  RENEWABLE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND —— APPROPRIATION.
   1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship to be deposited in the renewable fuel infrastructure fund created in section 159A.16 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  For purposes of providing cost-share moneys under the renewable fuel infrastructure program for retail motor fuel sites as provided in section 159A.14: 
   ...................................................................... $ 25,000,000

   2.  The moneys appropriated in subsection 1 shall be used to install motor fuel blender pumps capable of dispensing gasoline designated as E-15 plus as defined in section 159A.11 as amended by this Act.
   3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this Act that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes specified in this section until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   GENERAL. This bill amends provisions establishing the renewable fuel infrastructure program (program) administered by the department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS), by allowing the state to finance, on a cost-share basis, payments to support retail motor fuel sites when installing facilities that store and dispense gasoline designated as at least E-15 or higher but is not E-85 gasoline, which the bill defines as E-15 plus. The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund to DALS to be deposited in the renewable fuel infrastructure fund for the 2019-2020 fiscal year to be used to install motor fuel blender pumps capable of dispensing gasoline designated as E-15 plus. The moneys are to remain available for expenditure for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
   BACKGROUND. Motor fuel and motor fuel pumps are regulated by DALS, including blender pumps that dispense a combination of two or more types of gasoline which may be stored in different tanks, including ethanol blended gasoline (Code chapters 214 and 214A). The program supports the improvement of retail motor fuel sites that install, replace, or convert motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure associated with ethanol blended gasoline. Ethanol blended gasoline is classified according to its designation in which E-xx is the volume percent of ethanol in the ethanol blended gasoline.