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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Commercial weighing and measuring device” or “device” means the same as defined in section 215.1.
2. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
3. “E-15 gasoline” or “E-15” means the same as defined in section 214A.1.
4. “Motor fuel”, “retail dealer”, “retail motor fuel site”, and “wholesale dealer” mean the same as defined in section 214A.1.
5. “Motor fuel blender pump” or “blender pump” means a motor fuel pump that measures and dispenses a type of motor fuel that is blended to formulate two or more different classifications of that motor fuel.
6. “Motor fuel dispenser” or “dispenser” means equipment that is the part of motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure that includes mechanical or electrical systems that operate a motor fuel pump dispensing motor fuel from a motor fuel storage tank to the end point of the equipment's nozzle.
7. “Motor fuel pump” means the part of motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure that is a meter or similar commercial weighing and measuring device used to measure and dispense motor fuel originating from a motor fuel storage tank, on a retail basis.
8. a. “Motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure” or “infrastructure” means equipment used to do any of the following:
(1) Store and dispense motor fuel.
(2) Store, blend, and dispense motor fuel.
b. “Motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure” or “infrastructure” includes but is not limited to a motor fuel storage tank, motor fuel pump or motor fuel blender pump, motor fuel dispenser, and associated pipes, hoses, nozzles, tubes, lines, fittings, valves, filters, seals, and covers.
9. “Motor fuel storage tank” or “storage tank” means the part of motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure that includes an aboveground or belowground container constituting a fixture used to store an accumulation of motor fuel.
10. “Weighmaster” means a person who keeps and regularly uses a commercial weighing and measuring device to accurately weigh objects for others as part of the person's business operated on a profit, cooperative, or nonprofit basis.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Iowa Code Title V. Agriculture [Chs. 159-215A] § 214.1. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ia/title-v-agriculture-chs-159-215a/ia-code-sect-214-1/
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