Senate File 343 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY WARNSTADT
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act requiring the department of administrative services to
2 convert state=owned vehicles under the department's control to
3 alternative fuel vehicles.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 1730XS 82
6 ec/gg/14
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 8A.362, subsection 5, unnumbered
1 2 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 Of By July 1, 2014, all new state=owned passenger vehicles
1 4 and light pickup trucks purchased by under the control of the
1 5 director, a minimum of ten percent of all such vehicles and
1 6 trucks purchased shall be equipped with engines which utilize
1 7 alternative methods of propulsion including but not limited to
1 8 any of the following:
1 9 EXPLANATION
1 10 This bill provides that all state=owned passenger vehicles
1 11 and light pickup trucks under the control of the director of
1 12 the department of administrative services shall have engines
1 13 which utilize alternative fuels. Under current law, the
1 14 director is required to purchase at least 10 percent of new
1 15 vehicles and light pickup trucks with engines that utilize
1 16 alternative fuels. The current exception from this
1 17 requirement for vehicles and trucks purchased and used for law
1 18 enforcement or for off=road maintenance work or to pull loaded
1 19 trailers is unchanged by the bill.
1 20 LSB 1730XS 82
1 21 ec:nh/gg/14