Senate File 537 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR TO SF 343)
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 1730SV 82
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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, 2011, 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, if such vehicles
1 8 and engines are available for purchase. For purposes of this
1 9 subsection, alternative methods of propulsion include but are
1 10 not limited to any of the following:
1 11 Sec. 2. Section 8A.362, subsection 5, paragraphs b and c,
1 12 Code 2007, are amended by striking the paragraphs.
1 13 Sec. 3. Section 8A.362, subsection 5, paragraph e, Code
1 14 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 15 e. Electricity, or a combination of electric and
1 16 petroleum=based fuel technology.
1 17 Sec. 4. Section 8A.362, subsection 5, Code 2007, is
1 18 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
1 19 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. By February 1 of each year, the
1 20 director shall provide a list of the types of passenger
1 21 vehicles and light pick=up trucks purchased by the state for
1 22 which engines which utilize alternative methods of propulsion
1 23 are not available for purchase by the state, the number of
1 24 such vehicles currently in the state fleet, and the
1 25 justification for continuing to purchase such vehicles, if a
1 26 purchase is to be made.
1 27 EXPLANATION
1 28 This bill provides that all state=owned passenger vehicles
1 29 and light pickup trucks under the control of the director of
1 30 the department of administrative services shall have engines
1 31 which utilize alternative fuels by July 1, 2011, if such
1 32 vehicles and engines are available. The bill provides that
1 33 vehicles that utilize a combination of electric and
1 34 petroleum=based fuel technology qualify as a vehicle that uses
1 35 an alternative method of propulsion. The bill also requires
2 1 the director to provide a list, by February 1 of each year, of
2 2 the types of vehicles which do not utilize alternative methods
2 3 of propulsion and the number of those vehicles in the state
2 4 fleet. Under current law, the director is required to
2 5 purchase at least 10 percent of new vehicles and light pickup
2 6 trucks with engines that utilize alternative fuels. The
2 7 current exception from this requirement for vehicles and
2 8 trucks purchased and used for law enforcement or for off=road
2 9 maintenance work or to pull loaded trailers is unchanged by
2 10 the bill.
2 11 LSB 1730SV 82
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