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PAG LIN 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 1 6 dealer or wholesale dealer, shall not blend gasoline which 1 7 contains an oxygenate octane enhancer at the time it is 1 8 received from the refiner or producer with an additional 1 9 oxygenate octane 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 but not limited to motor vehicles, 1 19 snowmobiles, motorcycles, and implements of husbandry, and in 1 20 small engines. 1 21 A retail dealer shall not have more than one storage tank 1 22 used for gasoline which is not oxygenated under subsection 1 1 23 on the premises of the dealer. The pump used to dispense the 1 24 nonoxygenated gasoline shall be posted with a permanent 1 25 notice, as determined by rules adopted by the secretary of 1 26 agriculture, stating that the gasoline dispensed by the pump 1 27 is nonoxygenated and has a limited use. 1 28 EXPLANATION 1 29 This bill provides that all gasoline offered for sale or 1 30 sold in this state on or after July 1, 1998, shall contain at 1 31 least 2.7 percent oxygen by weight. The bill prohibits the 1 32 blending of gasoline which comes from the refiner or producer 1 33 which contains an oxygenate octane enhancer with an additional 1 34 oxygenate octane enhancer. 1 35 The bill exempts from the oxygen requirement gasoline used 2 1 in aircraft, boats, motor-sports racing, off-road vehicles, 2 2 and small engines. The bill also limits retail dealers to one 2 3 tank at each dealership for nonoxygenated gasoline and 2 4 requires the secretary of agriculture to adopt rules regarding 2 5 the posting of notice at pumps used to dispense nonoxygenated 2 6 gasoline. 2 7 Violations of the provisions of the bill are simple 2 8 misdemeanors under section 214A.11. 2 9 LSB 3537SC 77 2 10 da/sc/14
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