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.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 260C.19A

  • Board: means a board of directors of a community college. See Iowa Code 260C.56
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Merged area: means an area where two or more school systems or parts of school systems merge resources to operate a community college in the manner provided in this chapter. See Iowa Code 260C.2
 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.