Title V, AGRICULTURE (Ch. 159 - 215A)

The secretary of agriculture shall employ one or more chemists and incur such other expense as shall be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter . [C31, 35, §5093-d13; C39, § 5095.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §323.13; C73, 75, 77, 79, 8…

There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated funds sufficient to pay the expenses incurred as authorized by this chapter . [C31, 35, §5093-d14; C39, § 5095.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §323.14; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §214A.14 ]

Upon any delivery of motor fuel to a retailer, the invoice, bill of lading, shipping or other documentation shall disclose the presence, type, and amount of oxygenates over one percent by weight contained in the fuel. 85 Acts, ch 76, §7 ; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §83

1. A person shall not do any of the following: a. Sell motor fuel containing more than trace amounts of MTBE in this state. b. Store motor fuel containing more than trace amounts of MTBE in a motor fuel storage tank located in this state. 2. As used in this section , “trace amoun…

1. This chapter shall be administered and enforced by the department which may adopt rules under chapter 17A to carry out the provisions of this chapter . 2. The department may adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce this chapter in conjunction with chapter 214 . 2022 Act…

1. a. The department shall adopt rules establishing departmental standards relating to motor fuels and motor fuel components. b. In the interest of uniformity, the department shall adopt by reference in part or in whole, as some of its departmental standards described in paragrap…

A person shall not knowingly do any of the following: 1. Advertise for sale any motor fuel that does not meet the standards provided in section 214A.2 . 2. Falsely advertise for sale the quality, type, or kind of motor fuel or a component of motor fuel. 3. Add a coloring matter t…

1. a. If ethanol blended gasoline classified as higher than standard ethanol blended gasoline is advertised for sale or sold at a retail motor fuel site, the motor fuel dispenser dispensing the ethanol blended gasoline shall be affixed with a decal stating that the classification…

The department shall, from time to time, make or cause to be made tests of any motor fuel or biofuel which is being sold, or held or offered for sale within this state. A departmental inspector may enter upon the premises of a dealer and take from any container a sample of the mo…

A dealer shall not knowingly sell motor fuel or biofuel in the state that fails to meet applicable standards and classifications as provided in section 214A.2 . [C31, 35, §5093-d8; C39, § 5095.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §323.8; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §214A.8 ] 89 Acts, ch 75,…

1. The department, conditioned upon the availability of moneys, may award demonstration grants to persons who purchase vehicles which operate on alternative fuels, including but not limited to E-85 gasoline, biodiesel, compressed natural gas, electricity, solar energy, or hydroge…

1. A retail dealer or other marketer, pipeline company, refiner, terminal operator, or terminal owner is not liable for damages caused by the use of incompatible motor fuel dispensed from a motor fuel dispenser located at the retail dealer’s retail motor fuel site, if all of the …

1. Fuel which is sold or is kept, offered, or exposed for sale as kerosene shall be labeled as kerosene. The label shall include the word “kerosene” or the designation “K1 kerosene”, and shall indicate that the kerosene is in compliance with the standard specification adopted by …

The Iowa central fuel testing laboratory at Iowa central community college shall test motor fuels, biofuels, and renewable fuels, including but not limited to B-20 biodiesel fuel for use by motor trucks. The laboratory shall conduct the testing of motor fuels sold in this state a…

The department shall establish and administer programs for the auditing of motor fuel including biofuel processing and production plants, for screening and testing motor fuel, including renewable fuel, and for the inspection of motor fuel sold by dealers, including retail dealers…

In order to ensure consumer access to gasoline containing fifteen percent ethanol by volume, an E-15 access standard is established in accordance with 2013 Iowa Acts, ch. 127, §1 , section 159A.1 , and this subchapter . 2022 Acts, ch 1067, §1

1. Except as provided in sections 214A.33 through 214A.36 , a retail dealer owning or operating a retail motor fuel site shall comply with the E-15 access standard as provided in this section . 2. In order to comply with the E-15 access standard, a retail dealer must advertise fo…

1. The governor may issue or renew an executive order that temporarily suspends the requirement in section 214A.32 that a retail dealer comply with the E-15 access standard at a retail motor fuel site owned or operated by the retail dealer. 2. The E-15 access standard suspension …

1. The secretary of agriculture may issue an administrative order that temporarily waives the requirement in section 214A.32 that a retail dealer comply with the E-15 access standard at a retail motor fuel site owned or operated by the retail dealer based on E-15 gasoline availab…

1. The secretary of agriculture shall issue an administrative order that temporarily waives the requirement in section 214A.32 that a retail dealer comply with the alternative E-15 access standard at a retail motor fuel site owned or operated by the retail dealer, if the retail m…

1. a. The secretary of agriculture shall issue a small retail motor fuel site exemption administrative order to a retail dealer. The administrative order shall exempt the retail dealer from complying with the E-15 access standard, as otherwise required in section 214A.32 , at a s…

The department may refuse to issue or renew and may suspend or revoke a license issued to a retail dealer pursuant to section 214.2 for not complying with the E-15 access standard as provided in section 214A.32 , including rules adopted by the department pursuant to section 214A.…

A wholesale dealer or retail dealer shall not receive or sell or hold for sale, within this state, any motor fuel or oxygenate for which specifications are prescribed in this chapter , unless the dealer first secures from the refiner or producer of the motor fuel or oxygenate, a …

As used in this subchapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Fuel source” means any of the following: a. Any substance or combination of substances that is used to power an internal combustion engine, including but not limited to a biofuel, diesel fuel, gasoline, hydro…

A government entity shall not adopt or continue in effect any regulation, including in the form of a rule, ordinance, or resolution, that does any of the following: 1. Prohibits or restricts a person from possessing, storing, transferring, acquiring, operating, maintaining, repai…

Any regulation described in section 214A.42 is void and unenforceable. 2025 Acts, ch 26, §3 NEW section

1. A wholesale dealer or retail dealer shall, when making a sale of motor fuel, give to a purchaser upon demand a sales slip. 2. A wholesale dealer selling ethanol blended gasoline, biobutanol blended gasoline, or biodiesel blended fuel to a purchaser shall provide the purchaser …