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House Study Bill 742

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 214A.1, Code 1999, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsections:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  "Motor vehicle fuel tank" means a
  1  4 storage structure fixed to the land, including but not limited
  1  5 to an underground storage tank subject to regulation under
  1  6 chapter 455G or an above petroleum storage tank as defined in
  1  7 section 101.21.
  1  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  2B.  "MTBE" means methyl tertiary butyl
  1  9 ether.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 214A.2, subsection 4, Code Supplement
  1 11 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1 12    4.  Gasoline Motor vehicle fuel shall not contain methanol
  1 13 without an equal amount of cosolvent, and shall not contain
  1 14 more than five percent methanol more than trace amounts of
  1 15 methyl tertiary butyl ether, as provided in section 214A.18.
  1 16    Sec. 3.  Section 214A.16, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  1 17 follows:
  1 18    214A.16  NOTICE OF BLENDED FUEL – DECAL.
  1 19    All motor vehicle fuel kept, offered, or exposed for sale,
  1 20 or sold at retail containing over one percent ethanol,
  1 21 methanol, or any combination of oxygenate octane enhancers,
  1 22 including but not limited to ethanol, shall be identified as
  1 23 "with" either "ethanol", "methanol", "ethanol/methanol", or
  1 24 similar wording on a decal with the name of the oxygenate
  1 25 octane enhancer.  All diesel fuel kept, offered, or exposed
  1 26 for sale, or sold at retail containing over one percent
  1 27 soybean oil by volume shall be identified as "with soydiesel"
  1 28 or similar wording containing soybean oil on a decal.  The
  1 29 contents, design, and location of the decals shall be
  1 30 prescribed by rules adopted by the department.  The department
  1 31 shall adopt the rules to be effective by January 1, 1995.  A
  1 32 decal identifying a renewable fuel shall be consistent with
  1 33 standards adopted pursuant to section 159A.6.  Until the
  1 34 department establishes standards for decals, the wording shall
  1 35 be on a white adhesive decal with black letters at least one-
  2  1 half inch high and at least one-quarter inch wide placed
  2  2 between thirty and forty inches above the driveway level on
  2  3 the front sides of any container or pump from which the motor
  2  4 fuel is sold.  The department may approve an application to
  2  5 place a decal in a special location on a pump or container or
  2  6 use a decal with special lettering or colors, if the decal
  2  7 appears clear and conspicuous to the consumer.  The
  2  8 application shall be made in writing pursuant to procedures
  2  9 adopted by the department.  Designs for a decal identifying a
  2 10 renewable fuel shall be consistent with standards adopted
  2 11 pursuant to section 159A.6.
  2 12    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  214A.18  MTBE PROHIBITION.
  2 13    1.  A person shall not do any of the following:
  2 14    a.  Sell motor vehicle fuel containing more than trace
  2 15 amounts of MTBE in this state.
  2 16    b.  Store motor vehicle fuel containing more than trace
  2 17 amounts of MTBE in a motor vehicle fuel tank located in this
  2 18 state.
  2 19    2.  As used in this section, "trace amounts" means not more
  2 20 than one-half of one percent by volume.
  2 21    Sec. 5.  1999 Iowa Acts, chapter 204, section 15,
  2 22 subsection 4, paragraph a, is amended by striking the
  2 23 paragraph.
  2 24    Sec. 6.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect July 1,
  2 25 2001.  
  2 26                           EXPLANATION
  2 27    In 1999, the general assembly enacted House File 772 (1999
  2 28 Iowa Acts, chapter 204), which in part provides that on or
  2 29 after February 1, 2000, a retail dealer of motor vehicle fuel
  2 30 is prohibited from offering for sale in this state fuel that
  2 31 contains more than 2 percent of methyl tertiary butyl ether
  2 32 (MTBE) by volume.  The provision is uncodified.
  2 33    This bill eliminates the provision in the Acts and codifies
  2 34 similar requirements in new Code section 214A.18.  The bill
  2 35 prohibits a person from selling or storing MTBE, other than in
  3  1 trace amounts, for use in motor vehicle fuel in this state.
  3  2    The bill also amends provisions which provide requirements
  3  3 for decals identifying oxygenate enhancers, including
  3  4 methanol.
  3  5    Generally, a person who violates provisions in the bill
  3  6 would be subject to a simple misdemeanor penalty.
  3  7    The bill takes effect on July 1, 2001.  
  3  8 LSB 6982YC 78
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