State board of regents institutions of higher education, defined in section 262.7, are encouraged to use, to the fullest extent practicable, waste tires for beneficial uses, such as, but not limited to, producing tire-derived fuels. Moneys shall be awarded from the waste tire management fund, pursuant to section 455D.11C, subsection 2, to such an institution by the department pursuant to section 455D.11C to offset additional fuel costs incurred in generating heat, electricity, or power on a British thermal unit equivalent basis. Moneys of not more than one hundred thousand dollars may be awarded in the aggregate in a fiscal year to such institutions to offset any increased fuel costs associated with assisting the state's program to dispose of waste tires in an environmentally sound manner, and shall be available only to the extent that such moneys help to reduce the number of waste tires in the state.
96 Acts, ch 1117, §5
Referred to in § 455D.11C, 455D.11H
Section is repealed effective July 1, 2002; see § 455D.11H
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