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260C.19A MOTOR VEHICLES REQUIRED TO OPERATE ON
ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
1. A motor vehicle purchased by or used under the direction of
the board of directors to provide services to a merged area shall not
operate on gasoline other than ethanol blended gasoline as defined in
section 214A.1. The motor vehicle shall also be affixed with a
brightly visible sticker which notifies the traveling public that the
motor vehicle is being operated on ethanol blended gasoline.
However, the sticker is not required to be affixed to an unmarked
vehicle used for purposes of providing law enforcement or security.
2. a. Of all new passenger vehicles and light pickup trucks
purchased by or under the direction of the board of directors to
provide services to a merged area, a minimum of ten percent of all
such vehicles and trucks purchased shall be equipped with engines
which utilize alternative methods of propulsion, including but not
limited to any of the following:
(1) A flexible fuel which is any of the following:
(a) E-85 gasoline as provided in section 214A.2.
(b) B-20 biodiesel blended fuel as provided in section 214A.2.
(c) A renewable fuel approved by the office of renewable fuels
and coproducts pursuant to section 159A.3.
(2) Compressed or liquefied natural gas.
(3) Propane gas.
(4) Solar energy.
(5) Electricity.
b. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to vehicles
and trucks purchased and directly used for law enforcement or
off-road maintenance work. Section History: Recent Form
91 Acts, ch 254, §17
CS91, § 280A.19A
C93, § 260C.19A
93 Acts, ch 26, § 3; 94 Acts, ch 1119, §25; 2006 Acts, ch 1142,
§61, 62; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §61
