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:
  5 TLSB 5570SV 82
  6 da/rj/5

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.
  2 29 SF 2137
  2 30 da:rj/cc/26