1. The department‘s administrator responsible for the operations and finances of the department shall:

 a. Provide for the proper maintenance and protection of the grounds, buildings, and equipment of the department, in cooperation with the department of administrative services.
 b. Establish, supervise, and maintain a system of centralized electronic data processing for the department, in cooperation with the department of administrative services.
 c. Assist the director in preparing the departmental budget.
 d. Provide centralized purchasing services for the department, if authorized by the department of administrative services. The administrator shall, when the price is reasonably competitive and the quality as intended, purchase soybean-based inks and plastic products with recycled content, including but not limited to plastic garbage can liners, and shall purchase these items in accordance with the schedule established in section 8A.315. However, the administrator need not purchase garbage can liners in accordance with the schedule if the liners are utilized by a facility approved by the environmental protection commission created under section 455A.6, for purposes of recycling. For purposes of this section, “recycled content” means that the content of the product contains a minimum of thirty percent postconsumer material.
 e. Assist the director in employing the professional, technical, clerical, and secretarial staff for the department and maintain employee records, in cooperation with the department of administrative services and provide personnel services, including but not limited to training, safety education, and employee counseling.
 f. Assist the director in coordinating the responsibilities and duties of the various divisions within the department.
 g. Carry out all other general administrative duties for the department.
 h. Perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the director.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 307.21

  • Administrator: means the department's administrator for rail and water, or the administrator's designee. See Iowa Code 327F.39
  • Commission: means the state transportation commission established in section 307A. See Iowa Code 307.1
  • Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 307.1
  • Director: means the director of transportation or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 307.1
  • 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
  • Operate: means to ride in or on, other than as a passenger, use, or control the operation of an all-terrain vehicle in any manner, whether or not the all-terrain vehicle is moving. See Iowa Code 321I.1
  • Program: means an informal dispute settlement procedure established by a manufacturer which mediates and arbitrates motor vehicle warranty disputes arising in this state. See Iowa Code 322G.2
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. When performing the duty of providing centralized purchasing services under subsection 1, the administrator shall do all of the following:

 a. Purchase and use recycled printing and writing paper in accordance with the schedule established in section 8A.315.
 b. Establish a wastepaper recycling program in accordance with recommendations made by the department of natural resources and the requirements of section 8A.329.
 c. Require in accordance with section 8A.311 product content statements and compliance with requirements regarding procurement specifications.
 d. Comply with the requirements for the purchase of lubricating oils, industrial oils, greases, and hydraulic fluids as established pursuant to section 8A.316.
 e. Give preference to purchasing designated biobased products in the same manner as provided in section 8A.317.
 3. The department shall report to the general assembly by February 1 of each year, the following:

 a. A listing of plastic products which are regularly purchased by the board for which recycled content product alternatives are available, including the cost of the plastic products purchased and the cost of the recycled content product alternatives.
 b. Information relating to soybean-based inks and plastic garbage can liners with recycled content regularly purchased by the department, including the cost of purchasing soybean-based inks and plastic garbage can liners with recycled content and the percentages of soybean-based inks and plastic garbage can liners with recycled content that have been purchased.
 4. The administrator 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 transportation 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 transportation 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.
 5. a. Of all new passenger vehicles and light pickup trucks purchased by the administrator, 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.
 6. The administrator shall, whenever technically feasible, purchase and use degradable loose foam packing material manufactured from grain starches or other renewable resources, unless the cost of the packing material is more than ten percent greater than the cost of packing material made from nonrenewable resources. For the purposes of this subsection, “packing material” means material, other than an exterior packing shell, that is used to stabilize, protect, cushion, or brace the contents of a package.
 7. The administrator may purchase items from the department of administrative services and may cooperate with the director of the department of administrative services by providing purchasing services for the department of administrative services.
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