Senate File 301 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  WARNSTADT


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the required fuel efficiency of newly
  2    purchased state vehicles.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2645XS 81
  5 dea/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8A.362, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  The director, and any other state agency, which for
  1  4 purposes of this subsection includes but is not limited to
  1  5 community colleges and institutions under the control of the
  1  6 state board of regents, or local governmental subdivisions
  1  7 purchasing new motor vehicles, shall purchase new passenger
  1  8 vehicles and light trucks so that the average fuel efficiency
  1  9 for the fleet of new passenger vehicles and light trucks
  1 10 purchased in that year equals or exceeds the average fuel
  1 11 economy standard for the vehicles' model year as established
  1 12 by the United States secretary of transportation under 15
  1 13 U.S.C. } 2002.  Community colleges, institutions under the
  1 14 control of the state board of regents, and local governmental
  1 15 subdivisions purchasing new motor vehicles shall purchase new
  1 16 passenger vehicles and light trucks so that the average fuel
  1 17 efficiency for the fleet of new passenger vehicles and light
  1 18 trucks purchased in that year equals or exceeds the average
  1 19 fuel economy standard for the vehicles' model year as
  1 20 established by the United States secretary of transportation
  1 21 under 15 U.S.C. } 2002.  This paragraph does not apply to
  1 22 vehicles purchased for law enforcement purposes or used for
  1 23 off=road maintenance work, or work vehicles used to pull
  1 24 loaded trailers.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill requires the director of the department of
  1 27 administrative services and state agencies, when purchasing
  1 28 new passenger vehicles and light trucks, to purchase the
  1 29 vehicles in such a combination that the average fuel
  1 30 efficiency for the new vehicles exceeds the average fuel
  1 31 economy standard for the vehicles' model year as established
  1 32 by the United States secretary of transportation.  Currently,
  1 33 such purchases are required to be made so that the average
  1 34 fuel efficiency for the new vehicles equals or exceeds the
  1 35 standard.  Community colleges, the state board of regents, and
  2  1 local governments remain subject to that current policy.
  2  2 LSB 2645XS 81
  2  3 dea:nh/sh/8