Iowa § 260C.19A Motor vehicles required to operate on alternative fuels

Iowa Statutes

§ 260C.19A — Motor vehicles required to operate on alternative fuels

Iowa § 260C.19A

Title VIIEDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE

Ch. 260CCOMMUNITY COLLEGES

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Iowa Code § 260C.19A (2026).

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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.

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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 percentofallsuchvehiclesandtruckspurchasedshallbeequippedwithengineswhichutilize alternative

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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
percentofallsuchvehiclesandtruckspurchasedshallbeequippedwithengineswhichutilize
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.