Bill Text: IA HF2687 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to renewable fuel infrastructure, including by providing for a financing program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 742.) Effective date: 05/17/2024.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-17 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 940. [HF2687 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2687-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
RENEWABLE
FUEL
INFRASTRUCTURE,
INCLUDING
BY
PROVIDING
FOR
A
FINANCING
PROGRAM,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
159A.14,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
striking
the
subparagraph
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
following:
(1)
(a)
Except
as
provided
in
this
subparagraph,
the
ethanol
infrastructure
shall
have
the
capacity
to
store
and
dispense
E-85
gasoline.
(b)
(i)
If
the
ethanol
infrastructure
is
not
used
to
store
and
dispense
E-85
gasoline,
it
must
have
the
capacity
to
store
and
dispense
ethanol
blended
gasoline
classified
as
E-15
or
higher.
(ii)
This
subparagraph
division
is
repealed
January
1,
2026.
(c)
(i)
If
the
ethanol
infrastructure
is
not
used
to
store
and
dispense
E-85
gasoline,
it
must
have
the
capacity
to
store
and
dispense
ethanol
blended
gasoline
classified
as
E-40
or
higher.
House
File
2687,
p.
2
(ii)
This
subparagraph
division
shall
be
implemented
beginning
January
1,
2026.
(iii)
This
subparagraph
division
is
repealed
July
1,
2030.
(d)
The
ethanol
infrastructure
may
store,
blend,
and
dispense
ethanol
or
ethanol
blended
gasoline
from
a
motor
fuel
blender
pump.
The
ethanol
infrastructure
must
at
least
include
a
motor
fuel
blender
pump
that
dispenses
different
classifications
of
ethanol
blended
gasoline,
if
it
allows
E-85
gasoline
to
be
dispensed
at
all
times
that
the
blender
pump
is
operating.
Sec.
2.
Section
455G.30,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsections:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4A.
“Dispenser
breakaway”
means
the
part
of
gasoline
storage
and
dispensing
infrastructure
that
acts
to
immediately
stop
the
flow
of
motor
fuel
from
its
storage
system
to
its
dispenser
in
the
event
that
its
dispensing
hose
or
associated
hanging
infrastructure
becomes
detached,
including
when
a
vehicle
pulls
away
from
the
dispenser
while
its
nozzle
is
attached
to
the
vehicle.
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4B.
“E-85
gasoline”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
214A.1.
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
“Shear
valve”
means
the
part
of
gasoline
storage
and
dispensing
infrastructure
that
acts
to
immediately
stop
the
flow
of
motor
fuel
from
its
storage
system
to
its
dispenser
in
the
event
of
an
emergency
hazard,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
vehicle
impacting
the
dispenser
or
a
fire.
Sec.
3.
Section
455G.31,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
Subject
to
section
455G.32
,
a
retail
dealer
may
use
gasoline
storage
and
dispensing
infrastructure
to
store
and
dispense
ethanol
blended
gasoline
classified
as
E-9
or
higher
if
the
department
under
this
subchapter
,
or
the
director
of
the
department
of
inspections,
appeals,
and
licensing
under
chapter
101
,
determines
that
the
gasoline
infrastructure
is
compatible
with
the
classification
of
ethanol
blended
gasoline
being
used.
Sec.
4.
Section
455G.32,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
455G.32
E-85
gasoline
Ethanol
blended
gasoline
——
compatible
infrastructure
——
compliance
requirement.
House
File
2687,
p.
3
1.
A
retail
dealer
shall
not
install,
replace,
or
convert
gasoline
storage
and
dispensing
infrastructure
used
to
store
and
dispense
ethanol
blended
gasoline
classified
as
E-15
or
higher,
unless
the
installed,
replaced,
or
converted
gasoline
infrastructure
,
that
includes
all
parts
prior
to
the
point
where
the
dispenser
breakaway
ends,
is
capable
of
storing
and
dispensing
ethanol
blended
gasoline
classified
as
E-85
gasoline
.
2.
a.
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
a
retail
dealer
may
install,
replace,
or
convert
any
part
of
the
gasoline
infrastructure
beginning
at
a
point
where
the
shear
valve
ends
and
continuing
until
the
point
where
the
dispenser
breakaway
ends
that
is
incompatible
with
E-85
gasoline.
However,
that
part
of
the
gasoline
infrastructure
must
be
compatible
with
the
following:
(1)
(a)
Ethanol
blended
gasoline
classified
as
E-15
or
higher.
(b)
This
subparagraph
is
repealed
January
1,
2026.
(2)
(a)
Ethanol
blended
gasoline
classified
as
E-40
or
higher.
(b)
This
subparagraph
shall
be
implemented
beginning
January
1,
2026.
b.
This
subsection
is
repealed
July
1,
2030.
2.
3.
The
gasoline
infrastructure
must
be
all
of
the
following:
a.
Listed
as
compatible
for
use
with
ethanol
blended
gasoline
classified
for
that
part
of
the
gasoline
infrastructure
as
E-85
provided
in
subsection
1
by
an
independent
testing
laboratory
or
as
approved
by
the
manufacturer.
b.
Approved
by
the
department
or
state
fire
marshal
the
director
of
the
department
of
inspections,
appeals,
and
licensing
subject
to
conditions
determined
necessary
by
the
department
or
state
fire
marshal
the
director
of
the
department
of
inspections,
appeals,
and
licensing
.
The
department
or
state
fire
marshal
the
director
of
the
department
of
inspections,
appeals,
and
licensing
may
waive
the
requirement
in
paragraph
“a”
upon
satisfaction
that
a
substitute
requirement
serves
the
same
purpose.
House
File
2687,
p.
4
Sec.
5.
Section
455G.33,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
Approved
by
the
department
,
or
director
of
the
department
of
inspections,
appeals,
and
licensing
under
chapter
101,
subject
to
conditions
determined
necessary
by
the
department
or
director
of
the
department
of
inspections,
appeals,
and
licensing.
The
department
or
director
of
the
department
of
inspections,
appeals,
and
licensing
may
waive
the
requirement
in
paragraph
“a”
upon
satisfaction
that
a
substitute
requirement
serves
the
same
purpose.
Sec.
6.
APPLICATIONS
FOR
FINANCIAL
INCENTIVES.
This
Act
does
not
require
the
renewable
fuel
infrastructure
board
established
in
section
159A.13
to
reconsider
or
reapprove
a
decision
made
prior
to
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
for
an
award
of
financial
incentives
under
the
renewable
fuel
infrastructure
program
for
retail
motor
fuel
sites
established
in
section
159A.14.
Sec.
7.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2687,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
