§ 904.312A — Motor vehicles

Iowa § 904.312A

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XVI: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Ch. 904: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

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1. The department of corrections shall provide for the purchase of qualified renewable
fuels to power internal combustion engines that are used to operate motor vehicles and for
the purchase of motor vehicles operating using engines powered by qualified renewable fuels
in the same manner required for the director of the department of administrative services
pursuant to section 8A.368. The department of corrections shall compile information
regarding compliance with the provisions of this subsection in the same manner as the
department of administrative services pursuant to section 8A.369. The department of
corrections shall cooperate with the department of administrative services in preparing the
annual state fleet qualified renewable fuels compliance report regarding compliance with
this subsection as provided in section 8A.369.
2. a. Of all new passenger vehicles and light pickup trucks purchased by the department,
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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.