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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 214A.20 OXYGENATED GASOLINE.
1 2 1. OXYGEN CONTENT. On and after July 1, 1998, all
1 3 gasoline offered for sale or sold in this state shall contain
1 4 at least two and seven-tenths percent oxygen by weight.
1 5 2. BLENDING RESTRICTION. A person, including a retail or
1 6 wholesale dealer, shall not blend gasoline which contains an
1 7 oxygenate octane enhancer at the time it is received from the
1 8 refiner or producer with an additional oxygenate octane
1 9 enhancer.
1 10 3. EXEMPTIONS. A wholesale dealer or retail dealer may
1 11 offer for sale or sell gasoline that is not oxygenated in
1 12 accordance with subsection 1 as follows:
1 13 a. At an airport, marina, mooring facility, or resort, for
1 14 use in aircraft or watercraft.
1 15 b. At a public or private racecourse, for use exclusively
1 16 in off-highway motor sports racing.
1 17 c. For use in vehicles which will be operated exclusively
1 18 off-road, including motor vehicles, snowmobiles, and
1 19 motorcycles and in small engines.
1 20 A retail dealer shall not have more than one storage tank
1 21 used for gasoline which is not oxygenated under subsection 1
1 22 on the premises of the dealer. The pump used to dispense the
1 23 nonoxygenated gasoline shall be posted with a permanent
1 24 notice, as determined by rules adopted by the secretary of
1 25 agriculture, stating that the gasoline dispensed by the pump
1 26 is nonoxygenated and has a limited use.
1 27 EXPLANATION
1 28 This bill provides that all gasoline offered for sale or
1 29 sold in this state on or after July 1, 1998, shall contain at
1 30 least 2.7 percent oxygen by weight. The bill prohibits the
1 31 blending of gasoline which comes from the refiner or producer
1 32 with an oxygenate octane enhancer with an additional oxygenate
1 33 octane enhancer.
1 34 The bill exempts from the oxygen requirement gasoline used
1 35 in aircraft, boats, motor-sports racing, off-road vehicles,
2 1 and small engines. The bill also limits retail dealers to one
2 2 tank at each dealership for nonoxygenated gasoline and
2 3 requires the secretary of agriculture to adopt rules regarding
2 4 the posting of notice at pumps used to dispense nonoxygenated
2 5 gasoline.
2 6 Violations of the provisions of the bill are simple
2 7 misdemeanors under section 214A.11.
2 8 LSB 2192SS 77
2 9 mk/sc/14
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