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Senate Amendment 3197

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 369 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  Section 214A.1, Code 2003, is amended
  1  5 to read as follows:
  1  6    214A.1  DEFINITIONS.
  1  7    The following definitions shall apply to the
  1  8 various terms used in this chapter:
  1  9    1.  "A.S.T.M." means the American society for
  1 10 testing and materials.
  1 11    2.  "Motor vehicle fuel" means a substance or
  1 12 combination of substances which is intended to be or
  1 13 is capable of being used for the purpose of propelling
  1 14 or running by combustion any internal combustion
  1 15 engine and is kept for sale or sold for that purpose.
  1 16 The products commonly known as kerosene and distillate
  1 17 or petroleum products of lower gravity (Baume scale),
  1 18 when not used to propel a motor vehicle or for
  1 19 compounding or combining with a motor vehicle fuel,
  1 20 are exempt from this chapter except as provided in
  1 21 section 214A.2A.
  1 22    2.  "Ethanol blended gasoline" means gasoline
  1 23 containing at least ten percent alcohol distilled from
  1 24 cereal grains.
  1 25    3.  "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle
  1 26 that operates using gasoline, including but not
  1 27 limited to any of the following:
  1 28    a.  An automobile as defined in section 321.1.
  1 29    b.  A motor truck as defined in section 321.1.
  1 30    c.  A motor bus as used in section 452A.57.
  1 31    d.  A motorcycle as defined in section 321.1.
  1 32    e.  Watercraft as defined in section 462A.2.
  1 33    f.  An off-road vehicle which is a snowmobile or an
  1 34 all-terrain vehicle as defined in section 321G.1.
  1 35    4.  "Motor vehicle fuel" means the same as defined
  1 36 in section 214.1.
  1 37    5.  "Motor vehicle fuel pump" or "pump" means a
  1 38 stationary pump located at a service station which is
  1 39 used for measuring and dispensing motor vehicle fuel
  1 40 and which is required to be licensed by the department
  1 41 pursuant to chapter 214.
  1 42    3. 6.  "Motor vehicle fuel storage tank" means an
  1 43 aboveground or belowground container that is a
  1 44 fixture, used to keep an accumulation of motor vehicle
  1 45 fuel.
  1 46    4. 7.  "MTBE" means methyl tertiary butyl ether.
  1 47    5. 8.  "Oxygenate octane enhancer" means oxygen-
  1 48 containing compounds, including but not limited to
  1 49 alcohols, ethers, or ethanol.
  1 50    6. 9.  "Retail dealer" shall mean and include any
  2  1 person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation
  2  2 who operates, maintains, or conducts, either in
  2  3 person, or by any agent, employee, or servant, any
  2  4 place of business, filling station, pump station, or
  2  5 tank wagon, from which any motor vehicle fuel, as
  2  6 defined herein, is sold or offered for sale, at
  2  7 retail, or to the final or ultimate consumer. means a
  2  8 person who operates, maintains, or conducts a service
  2  9 station, either in person, or by any agent or an
  2 10 employee.
  2 11    7. 10.  "Sell" means to sell or to offer for sale.
  2 12    11.  "Service station" means the location of a for-
  2 13 profit or nonprofit business in this state where motor
  2 14 vehicle fuel is sold or offered for sale on a retail
  2 15 basis.
  2 16    8. 12.  "Wholesale dealer" shall mean and include
  2 17 any person, firm, partnership, association, or
  2 18 corporation, other than retail dealers as defined in
  2 19 subsection 3 of this section, who sells, keeps, or
  2 20 holds, for sale, or purchase for the purpose of sale
  2 21 within this state, any means a person, other than a
  2 22 retail dealer, who provides motor vehicle fuel for
  2 23 sale within this state.
  2 24    Sec. 2.  Section 214A.2, subsection 1, Code 2003,
  2 25 is amended to read as follows:
  2 26    1.  a.  The secretary department shall adopt rules
  2 27 pursuant to chapter 17A for carrying out this chapter.
  2 28 The rules may include, but are not limited to,
  2 29 specifications relating to motor vehicle fuel or
  2 30 oxygenate octane enhancers, including ethanol blended
  2 31 gasoline.
  2 32    b.  In the interest of uniformity, the secretary
  2 33 department shall adopt by reference or otherwise
  2 34 specifications relating to tests and standards for
  2 35 motor vehicle fuel or oxygenate octane enhancers,.
  2 36 The specifications shall be based on those established
  2 37 by the American society for testing and materials
  2 38 (A.S.T.M.), unless the secretary department determines
  2 39 those specifications are inconsistent with this
  2 40 chapter or are not appropriate to the conditions which
  2 41 exist in this state.
  2 42    Sec. 3.  Section 214A.2, subsection 3, Code 2003,
  2 43 is amended to read as follows:
  2 44    3.  a.  Gasoline with a mixture of less than ten
  2 45 percent ethanol shall be known as high-emission
  2 46 gasoline.
  2 47    b.  Gasoline with a mixture of ten percent or more
  2 48 ethanol, but not more than thirteen percent, shall be
  2 49 known as conventional blend ethanol.
  2 50    b. c.  Gasoline with a mixture of more than
  3  1 thirteen percent ethanol, but not more than twenty-
  3  2 five percent ethanol, shall be known as high blend
  3  3 ethanol.  For purposes of chapters 323A, 422, and
  3  4 452A, high blend ethanol shall be treated as
  3  5 conventional blend ethanol.
  3  6    c. d.  Gasoline shall not contain with a mixture of
  3  7 seventy percent or more than twenty-five percent
  3  8 ethanol shall be known as E-85 ethanol blended
  3  9 gasoline.
  3 10    Sec. 4.  Section 214A.16, Code 2003, is amended to
  3 11 read as follows:
  3 12    214A.16  NOTICE TO PUBLIC OF BLENDED FUEL – DECAL
  3 13 TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL SOLD AT A PUMP.
  3 14    1.  If motor vehicle fuel containing a renewable
  3 15 fuel is sold from a motor vehicle fuel pump, the pump
  3 16 shall have affixed a decal identifying the name of the
  3 17 renewable fuel.  The decal may be different based on
  3 18 the type of renewable fuel used.  The design and
  3 19 location of the decal shall be prescribed by rules
  3 20 adopted by the department.  A decal identifying a
  3 21 renewable fuel shall be consistent with standards
  3 22 adopted pursuant to section 159A.6.  The department
  3 23 may approve an application to place a decal in a
  3 24 special location on a pump or container or use a decal
  3 25 with special lettering or colors, if the decal appears
  3 26 clear and conspicuous to the consumer.  The
  3 27 application shall be made in writing pursuant to
  3 28 procedures adopted by the department.
  3 29    2.  If high-emission gasoline is sold from a motor
  3 30 vehicle fuel pump, the pump shall have affixed a
  3 31 label.  The label shall identify the gasoline as high-
  3 32 emission gasoline and provide notice that its use is
  3 33 restricted under this chapter.  The design and
  3 34 location of the decal shall be prescribed by rules
  3 35 adopted by the department.
  3 36    Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  214A.18A  PROHIBITION –
  3 37 HIGH-EMISSION GASOLINE.
  3 38    On and after January 1, 2006, except as provided in
  3 39 this section, a retail dealer shall not sell high-
  3 40 emission gasoline, as described in section 214A.2, in
  3 41 this state.
  3 42    1.  This section shall not apply to a retail dealer
  3 43 that sells gasoline used to operate any of the
  3 44 following:
  3 45    a.  An aircraft as defined in section 328.1.
  3 46    b.  A motor vehicle used exclusively for motor
  3 47 sports, including on a raceway, if the motor vehicle
  3 48 cannot operate on a highway as provided in chapter 321
  3 49 or rules adopted by the state department of
  3 50 transportation.
  4  1    c.  A motor vehicle operated by using diesel fuel.
  4  2    2.  A retail dealer may sell high-emission gasoline
  4  3 if all of the following apply:
  4  4    a.  The high-emission gasoline is premium grade
  4  5 unleaded gasoline as provided in section 214A.2.
  4  6    b.  The high-emission gasoline is sold exclusively
  4  7 for the operation of one of the following:
  4  8    (1)  A motorcycle as defined in section 321.1.
  4  9    (2)  An antique vehicle registered under section
  4 10 321.115.
  4 11    (3)  A snowmobile as defined in section 321G.1.
  4 12    (4)  An all-terrain vehicle as defined in section
  4 13 321G.1.
  4 14    (5)  Watercraft as defined in section 462A.2.
  4 15    (6)  A small motor vehicle such as a lawnmower.
  4 16    c.  The retail dealer's service station does not
  4 17 use more than one motor vehicle fuel pump to sell
  4 18 high-emission gasoline at any one time.
  4 19    d.  The retail dealer does not sell more than six
  4 20 gallons of high-emission gasoline at any one time to a
  4 21 single customer.
  4 22    Sec. 6.  Section 422.11C, Code 2003, is amended by
  4 23 adding the following new subsection:
  4 24    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  This section is repealed on
  4 25 January 1, 2006.
  4 26    Sec. 7.  NEW SECTION.  422.11H  E-85 ETHANOL
  4 27 BLENDED GASOLINE MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASE TAX CREDIT.
  4 28    1.  As used in this section:
  4 29    a.  "E-85 ethanol blended gasoline" means E-85
  4 30 ethanol blended gasoline that meets standards of the
  4 31 department of agriculture and land stewardship
  4 32 pursuant to section 214A.2.
  4 33    b.  "Motor vehicle" means the same as defined in
  4 34 section 321.1.
  4 35    2.  The taxes imposed under this division, less the
  4 36 credits allowed under sections 422.12 and 422.12B,
  4 37 shall be reduced by the E-85 ethanol blended gasoline
  4 38 motor vehicle purchase tax credit for the tax year in
  4 39 which the taxpayer purchases a new or used motor
  4 40 vehicle powered by using E-85 ethanol blended gasoline
  4 41 from a retail seller of new or used motor vehicles.
  4 42 The tax credit equals the lesser of one hundred
  4 43 dollars or the amount paid by the taxpayer less any
  4 44 discounts and trade-ins.
  4 45    3.  a.  Any credit in excess of the tax liability
  4 46 shall be refunded.  In lieu of claiming a refund, a
  4 47 taxpayer may elect to have the overpayment shown on
  4 48 the taxpayer's final, completed return credited to the
  4 49 tax liability for the following tax year.
  4 50    b.  Married taxpayers who have filed joint federal
  5  1 returns electing to file separate returns or to file
  5  2 separately on a combined return form must determine
  5  3 the E-85 ethanol blended gasoline motor vehicle
  5  4 purchase tax credit based upon their combined net
  5  5 income and allocate the total credit amount to each
  5  6 spouse in the proportion that each spouse's respective
  5  7 net income bears to the total combined net income.
  5  8 Nonresidents or part-year residents of Iowa must
  5  9 determine their E-85 ethanol blended gasoline motor
  5 10 vehicle purchase tax credit in the ratio of their
  5 11 Iowa-source net income to their all-source net income.
  5 12 Nonresidents or part-year residents who are married
  5 13 and elect to file separate returns or to file
  5 14 separately on a combined return form must allocate the
  5 15 E-85 ethanol blended gasoline motor vehicle purchase
  5 16 tax credit between the spouses in the ratio of each
  5 17 spouse's Iowa-source net income to the combined Iowa-
  5 18 source net income of the taxpayers.  An individual may
  5 19 claim the E-85 ethanol blended gasoline motor vehicle
  5 20 purchase tax credit allowed a partnership, S
  5 21 corporation, limited liability company, or estate or
  5 22 trust electing to have the income taxed directly to
  5 23 the individual.  The amount claimed by the individual
  5 24 shall be based upon the pro rata share of the
  5 25 individual's earnings of the partnership, S
  5 26 corporation, limited liability company, or estate or
  5 27 trust.
  5 28    4.  This section is repealed on January 1, 2008.
  5 29    Sec. 8.  Section 422.33, subsection 11, Code 2003,
  5 30 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  5 31    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  This subsection is repealed on
  5 32 January 1, 2006.
  5 33    Sec. 9.  Section 423.24, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  5 34 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  5 35    a.  Twenty-five Until June 30, 2014, twenty-five
  5 36 percent of all such revenue, up to a maximum of four
  5 37 million two hundred fifty thousand dollars per
  5 38 quarter, shall be deposited into and credited to the
  5 39 Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank
  5 40 fund created in section 455G.3, and the moneys so
  5 41 deposited are a continuing appropriation for
  5 42 expenditure under chapter 455G, and moneys so
  5 43 appropriated shall not be used for other purposes.
  5 44    Sec. 10.  Section 452A.3, subsection 1, unnumbered
  5 45 paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  5 46    Except as otherwise provided in this section and in
  5 47 this division, until June 30, 2007 December 31, 2006,
  5 48 this subsection shall apply to the excise tax imposed
  5 49 on each gallon of motor fuel used for any purpose for
  5 50 the privilege of operating motor vehicles in this
  6  1 state.
  6  2    Sec. 11.  Section 452A.3, subsection 1A, Code 2003,
  6  3 is amended to read as follows:
  6  4    1A.  Except as otherwise provided in this section
  6  5 and in this division, after June 30, 2007 December 31,
  6  6 2006, an excise tax of twenty cents is imposed on each
  6  7 gallon of motor fuel used for any purpose for the
  6  8 privilege of operating motor vehicles in this state.
  6  9    Sec. 12.  Section 455G.3, Code 2003, is amended by
  6 10 adding the following new subsection:
  6 11    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  a.  There is appropriated from
  6 12 the unassigned revenue fund administered by the Iowa
  6 13 comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund
  6 14 board to support the super ethanol storage tank
  6 15 incentive program as provided in section 455G.23, one
  6 16 hundred fifty thousand dollars for each fiscal year
  6 17 for the fiscal period beginning on July 1, 2003, and
  6 18 ending June 30, 2008.  The board shall cooperate with
  6 19 the department of natural resources in awarding moneys
  6 20 under the program.
  6 21    b.  This subsection is repealed on July 1, 2008.
  6 22    Sec. 13.  Section 455G.8, subsection 2, Code 2003,
  6 23 is amended to read as follows:
  6 24    2.  USE TAX.  The Until June 30, 2014, revenues
  6 25 derived from the use tax imposed under chapter 423.
  6 26 The proceeds of the use tax under section 423.24,
  6 27 subsection 1, paragraph "a", shall be allocated,
  6 28 consistent with this chapter, among the fund's
  6 29 accounts, for debt service and other fund expenses,
  6 30 according to the fund budget, resolution, trust
  6 31 agreement, or other instrument prepared or entered
  6 32 into by the board or authority under direction of the
  6 33 board.
  6 34    Sec. 14.  NEW SECTION.  455G.23  E-85 ETHANOL
  6 35 BLENDED GASOLINE STORAGE TANK INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
  6 36    1.  As used in this section:
  6 37    a.  "E-85 ethanol blended gasoline" means E-85
  6 38 ethanol blended gasoline that meets standards of the
  6 39 department of agriculture and land stewardship
  6 40 pursuant to section 214A.2.
  6 41    b.  "Motor vehicle fuel" means the same as defined
  6 42 in section 214A.1.
  6 43    c.  "Motor vehicle fuel pump" or "pump" means the
  6 44 same as defined in section 214.1.
  6 45    d.  "Motor vehicle fuel storage tank" or "tank"
  6 46 means a container that is a fixture on a site, used to
  6 47 keep an accumulation of motor vehicle fuel.
  6 48    e.  "Site" means the premises where a motor vehicle
  6 49 fuel storage tank is located, if the tank is used to
  6 50 serve a connecting motor vehicle fuel pump where motor
  7  1 vehicle fuel is dispensed to customers on a retail
  7  2 basis.
  7  3    2.  The board shall establish an E-85 ethanol
  7  4 blended gasoline storage tank incentive program to
  7  5 reimburse the owner or operator of a site for costs
  7  6 necessary to install, replace, or convert an
  7  7 aboveground motor vehicle fuel storage tank for use in
  7  8 storing and dispensing E-85 ethanol blended gasoline.
  7  9 An owner or operator shall not be reimbursed more than
  7 10 seven thousand five hundred dollars for each tank that
  7 11 is installed, replaced, or converted under the
  7 12 program.  In order to be eligible for reimbursement,
  7 13 all of the following must apply:
  7 14    a.  The motor vehicle fuel storage tank must be
  7 15 located at a site.
  7 16    b.  The site must comply with federal and state
  7 17 standards governing new or upgraded motor vehicle fuel
  7 18 storage tanks used to store and dispense motor vehicle
  7 19 fuel, including E-85 ethanol blended gasoline.
  7 20    c.  The owner or operator of the site must apply to
  7 21 the board in a manner and according to procedures
  7 22 required by the board.  The application must contain
  7 23 all information required by the board and shall at
  7 24 least include all of the following:
  7 25    (1)  The name of the owner or operator and the
  7 26 address of the site.
  7 27    (2)  A detailed description of the motor vehicle
  7 28 fuel storage tank to be installed, replaced, or
  7 29 converted on the site, including but not limited to
  7 30 the model number of the tank if available.
  7 31    (3)  A statement that the installation,
  7 32 replacement, or conversion is necessary to store and
  7 33 dispense E-85 ethanol blended gasoline.
  7 34    3.  A site classified as a no further action site
  7 35 pursuant to a certificate issued by the department of
  7 36 natural resources under section 455B.474 shall retain
  7 37 its classification following modifications necessary
  7 38 to store and dispense E-85 ethanol blended gasoline,
  7 39 and the owner or operator shall not be required to
  7 40 perform a new site assessment unless the site causes a
  7 41 clear, present, and impending danger to the public
  7 42 health or the environment.
  7 43    4.  This section is repealed on July 1, 2008.
  7 44    Sec. 15.  2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 123, section 6,
  7 45 subsection 2, is amended to read as follows:
  7 46    2.  The ethanol blended gasoline tax credits
  7 47 provided in sections 422.11C and 422.33 apply to tax
  7 48 years beginning on or after January 1, 2002.
  7 49 Notwithstanding the provisions in those sections
  7 50 limiting the tax credits to taxpayers' tax years, the
  8  1 amount of the initial tax credit under these sections
  8  2 for each eligible service station shall be based on
  8  3 the total number of gallons of ethanol blended
  8  4 gasoline sold and dispensed through all metered pumps
  8  5 located at the taxpayer's service station from January
  8  6 1, 2002, until the beginning of the taxpayer's next
  8  7 fiscal year.  The department of revenue and finance
  8  8 shall perform functions, prior to the beginning of
  8  9 that tax year, necessary in order to implement the tax
  8 10 credits.
  8 11    Sec. 16.  REFUNDS.  Refunds of taxes, interest, or
  8 12 penalties which arise from claims resulting from the
  8 13 enactment of 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 123, section 6,
  8 14 subsection 2, as amended in this Act, for sales of
  8 15 ethanol blended gasoline occurring between January 1,
  8 16 2002, and the effective date of this Act, shall not be
  8 17 allowed unless refund claims are filed prior to
  8 18 October 1, 2003, notwithstanding any other provision
  8 19 of law.
  8 20    Sec. 17.  RETROACTIVE APPLICATION – EFFECTIVE
  8 21 DATE.
  8 22    1.  Section 422.11H as enacted in this Act takes
  8 23 effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to tax
  8 24 years beginning on or after January 1, 2003.
  8 25    2.  2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 123, section 6,
  8 26 subsection 2, as amended by this Act, being deemed of
  8 27 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and
  8 28 applies retroactively to January 1, 2002."
  8 29    #2.  Title page, line 1, by striking the words "E-
  8 30 85 ethanol" and inserting the following:  "ethanol
  8 31 blended gasoline, providing for tax revenue, providing
  8 32 for appropriations, and providing for applicability
  8 33 and effective dates".
  8 34    #3.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  8 35 
  8 36 
  8 37                               
  8 38 NEAL SCHUERER 
  8 39 HUBERT M. HOUSER
  8 40 JOHN P. KIBBIE
  8 41 SF 369.201 80
  8 42 da/sh
     

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