Senate File 2137 - Reprinted
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2004)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the regulation of motor fuel, by providing
2 standards for gasoline and for the advertisement of renewable
3 fuel.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 214A.1, subsection 9, Code 2007, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 9. "E=85 gasoline" means ethanol blended gasoline
1 4 formulated with a minimum percentage of between seventy and
1 5 eighty=five percent by volume of ethanol, if the formulation
1 6 meets the standards provided in section 214A.2.
1 7 Sec. 2. Section 214A.1, Code 2007, is amended by adding
1 8 the following new subsection:
1 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 21A. "Unleaded gasoline" means gasoline,
1 10 including ethanol blended gasoline, if all of the following
1 11 applies:
1 12 a. It has an octane number of not less than eighty=seven
1 13 as provided in section 214A.2.
1 14 b. Lead or phosphorus compounds have not been
1 15 intentionally added to it.
1 16 c. It does not contain more than thirteen thousandths
1 17 grams of lead per liter and not more than thirteen
1 18 ten=thousandths grams of phosphorus per liter.
1 19 Sec. 3. Section 214A.2, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
1 20 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 21 b. If the motor fuel is advertised for sale or sold as
1 22 ethanol blended gasoline, the motor fuel must comply with
1 23 departmental standards which shall comply with specifications
1 24 for ethanol blended gasoline adopted by A.S.T.M.
1 25 international. For ethanol blended gasoline meet all of the
1 26 following shall apply requirements:
1 27 (1) Ethanol must be an agriculturally derived ethyl
1 28 alcohol that meets A.S.T.M. international specification D4806
1 29 for denatured fuel ethanol for blending with gasoline for use
1 30 as automotive spark=ignition engine fuel, or a successor
1 31 A.S.T.M. international specification, as established by rules
1 32 adopted by the department.
1 33 (2) Gasoline blended with ethanol must meet any of the
1 34 following requirements:
1 35 (a) For the gasoline, A.S.T.M. international specification
2 1 D4814.
2 2 (b) For the ethanol blended gasoline, A.S.T.M.
2 3 international specification D4814.
2 4 (c) For gasoline, A.S.T.M. international specification
2 5 D4814 except for distillation, if the ethanol blended gasoline
2 6 meets the requirements of A.S.T.M. international specification
2 7 D4814.
2 8 (3) For ethanol blended gasoline other than E=85 gasoline,
2 9 at least ten percent of the gasoline by volume must be
2 10 ethanol.
2 11 (3) (4) E=85 gasoline must be an agriculturally derived
2 12 ethyl alcohol that meets A.S.T.M. international specification
2 13 D5798, described as a fuel blend for use in ground vehicles
2 14 with automotive spark=ignition engines, or a successor
2 15 A.S.T.M. international specification, as established by rules
2 16 adopted by the department.
2 17 Sec. 4. Section 214A.3, subsection 2, paragraph b,
2 18 subparagraph (1), Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
2 19 (1) Ethanol blended gasoline sold by a dealer shall be
2 20 designated E=xx where "xx" is the volume percent of ethanol in
2 21 the ethanol blended gasoline. However, a person advertising
2 22 E=10 gasoline may only designate it as ethanol blended
2 23 gasoline. A person advertising ethanol blended gasoline
2 24 formulated with a percentage of between seventy and
2 25 eighty=five percent by volume of ethanol shall designate it as
2 26 E=85. A person shall not knowingly falsely advertise ethanol
2 27 blended gasoline by using an inaccurate designation in
2 28 violation of this subparagraph.
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