IOWA STATUTES AND CODES
214A.1 - DEFINITIONS.
214A.1 DEFINITIONS.
The following definitions shall apply to the various terms used in
this chapter:
1. "Advertise" means to present a commercial message in any
medium, including but not limited to print, radio, television, sign,
display, label, tag, or articulation.
2. "A.S.T.M. international" means the American society for
testing and materials international.
3. "Biodiesel" means a renewable fuel comprised of mono-alkyl
esters of long-chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or
animal fats, which meets the standards provided in section 214A.2.
4. "Biodiesel blended fuel" means a blend of biodiesel with
petroleum-based diesel fuel which meets the standards, including
separately the standard for its biodiesel component, provided in
section 214A.2.
5. "Biodiesel fuel" means biodiesel or biodiesel blended
fuel.
6. "Biofuel" means ethanol or biodiesel.
7. "Committee" means the renewable fuels and coproducts
advisory committee established pursuant to section 159A.4.
8. "Dealer" means a wholesale dealer or retail dealer.
9. "Diesel fuel" means any liquid, other than gasoline, which
is suitable for use as a fuel in a diesel fuel powered engine,
including but not limited to a motor vehicle, equipment as defined in
section 322F.1, or a train. Diesel fuel includes a liquid product
prepared, advertised, offered for sale, or sold for use as, or
commonly and commercially used as, motor fuel for use in an internal
combustion engine and ignited by pressure without the presence of an
electric spark. Diesel fuel must meet the standards provided in
section 214A.2.
10. "E-85 gasoline" or "E-85" means ethanol blended
gasoline formulated with a percentage of between seventy and
eighty-five percent by volume of ethanol, if the formulation meets
the standards provided in section 214A.2.
11. "Ethanol" means ethyl alcohol that is to be blended with
gasoline if it meets the standards provided in section 214A.2.
12. "Ethanol blended gasoline" means a formulation of
gasoline which is a liquid petroleum product blended with ethanol, if
the formulation meets the standards provided in section 214A.2.
13. "Gasoline" means any liquid product prepared, advertised,
offered for sale or sold for use as, or commonly and commercially
used as, motor fuel for use in a spark-ignition, internal combustion
engine, and which meets the specifications provided in section
214A.2.
14. "Motor fuel" means a substance or combination of
substances which is intended to be or is capable of being used for
the purpose of operating an internal combustion engine, including but
not limited to a motor vehicle, and is kept for sale or sold for that
purpose.
15. "Motor fuel pump" and "motor fuel blender pump" or
"blender pump" means the same as defined in section 214.1.
16. "Motor fuel storage tank" means the same as defined in
section 214.1.
17. "MTBE" means methyl tertiary butyl ether.
18. "Oxygenate" means oxygen-containing compounds, including
but not limited to alcohols, ethers, or ethanol.
19. "Renewable fuel" means a combustible liquid derived from
grain starch, oilseed, animal fat, or other biomass; or produced from
a biogas source, including any nonfossilized decaying organic matter
which is capable of powering machinery, including but not limited to
an engine or power plant. Renewable fuel includes but is not limited
to biofuel, ethanol blended gasoline, or biodiesel blended fuel
meeting the standards provided in section 214A.2.
20. "Retail dealer" means a person engaged in the business of
storing and dispensing motor fuel from a motor fuel pump for sale on
a retail basis, regardless of whether the motor fuel pump is located
at a retail motor fuel site including a permanent or mobile location.
21. "Retail motor fuel site" means a geographic location in
this state where a retail dealer sells and dispenses motor fuel on a
retail basis.
22. "Sell" means to sell or to offer for sale.
23. "Standard ethanol blended gasoline" means ethanol blended
gasoline for use in gasoline-powered vehicles other than flexible
fuel vehicles, that meets the requirements of section 214A.2.
24. "Unleaded gasoline" means gasoline, including ethanol
blended gasoline, if all of the following applies:
a. It has an octane number of not less than eighty-seven as
provided in section 214A.2.
b. Lead or phosphorus compounds have not been intentionally
added to it.
c. It does not contain more than thirteen thousandths grams
of lead per liter and not more than thirteen ten-thousandths grams of
phosphorus per liter.
25. "Wholesale dealer" means a person, other than a retail
dealer, who operates a place of business where motor fuel is stored
and dispensed for sale in this state, including a permanent or mobile
location. Section History: Early Form
[C31, 35, § 5093-d1; C39, § 5095.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66,
71, § 323.1; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 214A.1] Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 76, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1146, § 1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §
644; 89 Acts, ch 75, § 1; 2000 Acts, ch 1224, §27; 2004 Acts, ch
1086, §106; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §3--5, 83; 2008 Acts, ch 1169,
§14--16, 30
Referred to in § 8A.362, 15G.201, 159A.2, 159A.3, 159A.4, 203.1,
214.1, 214.11, 214A.9, 216B.3, 260C.19A, 262.25A, 279.34, 307.20,
307.21, 323A.1, 331.908, 364.20, 422.11N, 422.11O, 422.11P, 423.3,
452A.2, 452A.3, 452A.6, 452A.32, 455G.31, 714.7D, 904.312A
Further definitions, see § 189.1