Senate File 203

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 14)
                                       (COMPANION TO HF 27
                                        BY J.K. VAN FOSSEN)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the installation of certain aboveground
  2    petroleum storage tanks.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 101.12, Code 2003, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    101.12  ABOVEGROUND PETROLEUM TANKS AUTHORIZED.
  1  4    Rules of the state fire marshal permitting installation of
  1  5 aboveground petroleum storage tanks for retail motor vehicle
  1  6 fuel outlets shall be in substantial compliance with the
  1  7 applicable standards of the national fire protection
  1  8 association, and shall be subject to the approval of the
  1  9 governing body of the local governmental subdivision with
  1 10 jurisdiction over the site of the outlet.  The state fire
  1 11 marshal shall deem installation of an aboveground petroleum
  1 12 storage tank with a capacity greater than or a storage use
  1 13 other than that given in the applicable standards of the
  1 14 national fire protection association to be in substantial
  1 15 compliance if a professional engineer licensed in the state
  1 16 provides written certification that the standards of the
  1 17 national fire protection association other than tank capacity
  1 18 or storage use have been substantially met.  The installation
  1 19 shall be subject to the approval of the governing body of the
  1 20 local governmental subdivision with jurisdiction over the
  1 21 site.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill relates to the installation of certain
  1 24 aboveground petroleum storage tanks.
  1 25    The bill provides that the state fire marshal shall deem
  1 26 installation of an aboveground petroleum storage tank with a
  1 27 capacity greater than or a storage use other than that given
  1 28 in the applicable standards of the national fire protection
  1 29 association to be in substantial compliance if a professional
  1 30 engineer licensed in the state provides written certification
  1 31 that the standards of the national fire protection association
  1 32 other than tank capacity or storage use have been
  1 33 substantially met.  The installation shall be subject to the
  1 34 approval of the governing body of the local governmental
  1 35 subdivision with jurisdiction over the site.
  2  1 LSB 1540SV 80
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