Senate Amendment 5009


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 2137 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, subsection 9, Code
     1  5 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1  6    9.  "E=85 gasoline" means ethanol blended gasoline
     1  7 formulated with a minimum percentage of between
     1  8 seventy and eighty=five percent by volume of ethanol,
     1  9 if the formulation meets the standards provided in
     1 10 section 214A.2.
     1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 214A.1, Code 2007, is amended by
     1 12 adding the following new subsection:
     1 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  21A.  "Unleaded gasoline" means
     1 14 gasoline, including ethanol blended gasoline, if all
     1 15 of the following applies:
     1 16    a.  It has an octane number of not less than
     1 17 eighty=seven as provided in section 214A.2.
     1 18    b.  Lead or phosphorus compounds have not been
     1 19 intentionally added to it.
     1 20    c.  It does not contain more than thirteen
     1 21 thousandths grams of lead per liter and not more than
     1 22 thirteen ten=thousandths grams of phosphorus per
     1 23 liter.
     1 24    Sec. 3.  Section 214A.2, subsection 3, paragraph b,
     1 25 Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1 26    b.  If the motor fuel is advertised for sale or
     1 27 sold as ethanol blended gasoline, the motor fuel must
     1 28 comply with departmental standards which shall comply
     1 29 with specifications for ethanol blended gasoline
     1 30 adopted by A.S.T.M. international.  For ethanol
     1 31 blended gasoline meet all of the following shall apply
     1 32 requirements:
     1 33    (1)  Ethanol must be an agriculturally derived
     1 34 ethyl alcohol that meets A.S.T.M. international
     1 35 specification D4806 for denatured fuel ethanol for
     1 36 blending with gasoline for use as automotive
     1 37 spark=ignition engine fuel, or a successor A.S.T.M.
     1 38 international specification, as established by rules
     1 39 adopted by the department.
     1 40    (2)  Gasoline blended with ethanol must meet any of
     1 41 the following requirements:
     1 42    (a)  For the gasoline, A.S.T.M. international
     1 43 specification D4814.
     1 44    (b)  For the ethanol blended gasoline, A.S.T.M.
     1 45 international specification D4814.
     1 46    (c)  For gasoline, A.S.T.M. international
     1 47 specification D4814 except for distillation, if the
     1 48 ethanol blended gasoline meets the requirements of
     1 49 A.S.T.M. international specification D4814.
     1 50    (3)  For ethanol blended gasoline other than E=85
     2  1 gasoline, at least ten percent of the gasoline by
     2  2 volume must be ethanol.
     2  3    (3) (4)  E=85 gasoline must be an agriculturally
     2  4 derived ethyl alcohol that meets A.S.T.M.
     2  5 international specification D5798, described as a fuel
     2  6 blend for use in ground vehicles with automotive
     2  7 spark=ignition engines, or a successor A.S.T.M.
     2  8 international specification, as established by rules
     2  9 adopted by the department.
     2 10    Sec. 4.  Section 214A.3, subsection 2, paragraph b,
     2 11 subparagraph (1), Code 2007, is amended to read as
     2 12 follows:
     2 13    (1)  Ethanol blended gasoline sold by a dealer
     2 14 shall be designated E=xx where "xx" is the volume
     2 15 percent of ethanol in the ethanol blended gasoline.
     2 16 However, a person advertising E=10 gasoline may only
     2 17 designate it as ethanol blended gasoline.  A person
     2 18 advertising ethanol blended gasoline formulated with a
     2 19 percentage of between seventy and eighty=five percent
     2 20 by volume of ethanol shall designate it as E=85.  A
     2 21 person shall not knowingly falsely advertise ethanol
     2 22 blended gasoline by using an inaccurate designation in
     2 23 violation of this subparagraph.>
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     2 27 JOHN P. KIBBIE
     2 28 SF 2137.203 82
     2 29 da/rj/20257

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