159A.2  Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.  "Committee" means the renewable fuels and coproducts advisory committee established pursuant to section 159A.4.

2.  "Coordinator" means the administrative head of the office of renewable fuels and coproducts appointed by the department as provided in section 159A.3.

3.  "Coproduct" means a product other than a renewable fuel which at least in part is derived from the processing of agricultural commodities, and which may include corn gluten feed, distillers grain, or solubles, or can be used as livestock feed or a feed supplement.

4.  "Fund" means the renewable fuels and coproducts fund established pursuant to section 159A.7.

5.  "Office" means the office of renewable fuels and coproducts created pursuant to section 159A.3.

6.  "Renewable fuel" means an energy source at least in part derived from an organic compound capable of powering machinery, including an engine or power plant. A renewable fuel includes but is not limited to ethanol-blended or soydiesel fuel.

7.  "Renewable fuels and coproducts activities" means either of the following:

a.  The research, development, production, promotion, marketing, or consumption of renewable fuels and coproducts.

b.  The research, development, transfer, or use of technologies which directly or indirectly increase the supply or demand of renewable fuels and coproducts.

8.  "Soydiesel fuel" means a fuel which is a mixture of diesel fuel and processed soybean oil, if at least twenty percent of the mixed fuel by volume is processed soybean oil which meets American society for testing and materials standards.

Section History: Recent form

  91 Acts, ch 254, §7; 94 Acts, ch 1119, §12; 2000 Acts, ch 1018, §1

Footnotes

  Further definitions; see § 159.1


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