House File 2387 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 2387
BY YOUNG and KAUFMANN
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to electric fuel, including the electric fuel
2 excise tax and biennial electric fuel dispenser inspections.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 452A.41, subsection 1, Code 2024, is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 1. An excise tax of two and six-tenths cents is imposed on
4 each kilowatt hour of electric fuel delivered or placed into
5 the battery or other energy storage device of an electric motor
6 vehicle at a location in this state, other than a residence, in
7 exchange for a fee paid by the vehicle operator.
8 Sec. 2. Section 452A.41, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
9 2024, is amended to read as follows:
10 a. The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall
11 provide for a biennial inspection of each charging station
12 through which electric fuel can be dispensed and is dispensed
13 in exchange for a fee paid by a vehicle operator, if the
14 charging station is owned by a licensed electric fuel dealer
15 or licensed electric fuel user. The purpose of the inspection
16 is to determine the accuracy and correctness of the charging
17 station when electric fuel is dispensed. For that purpose,
18 the department of agriculture and land stewardship may enter
19 upon the premises where the charging station is located or upon
20 the premises where equipment directly related to the accuracy
21 or correctness of the charging station is located. The
22 department of agriculture and land stewardship shall determine
23 the accuracy and correctness of the charging station by using
24 standards adopted by the national conference on weights and
25 measures and published in the national institute of standards
26 and technology, handbook 44, referred to as “specifications,
27 tolerances, and other technical requirements for weighing and
28 measuring devices”.
29 EXPLANATION
30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
32 Under current law, an excise tax of 2.6 cents is imposed on
33 each kilowatt hour of electric fuel delivered or placed into
34 the battery or other energy storage device of an electric motor
35 vehicle at a location in Iowa, other than a residence. In
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1 addition, the department of agriculture and land stewardship
2 (DALS) is required to provide for a biennial inspection of each
3 charging station through which electric fuel can be dispensed
4 if the charging station is owned by a licensed electric fuel
5 dealer or licensed electric fuel user.
6 This bill limits the imposition of the electric fuel
7 excise tax to electric fuel exchanged for a fee, and the DALS
8 inspection requirement to charging stations that dispense
9 electric fuel in exchange for a fee.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 452A.41