Effective - 01 Jan 1999
414.415. Percentage requirements, how state agencies to comply. — State agencies may meet the percentage requirements of sections 414.410 to 414.415 through purchase of original equipment manufactured alternative fuel vehicles or the conversion of vehicles, in accordance with federal and state requirements and applicable safety laws. Vehicles purchased pursuant to sections 414.410 to 414.415 shall not exceed the cost of conventional fuel vehicles of the same make and model by more than ten percent, using life cycle costing methods calculated pursuant to criteria in subsection 3 of section 414.400, except that vehicles purchased pursuant to sections 414.410 to 414.415 that are based for the life of the vehicle and used primarily in maintenance and nonattainment areas defined with regard to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards of the federal Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., shall not exceed such cost of conventional fuel vehicles of the same make and model by more than seventeen percent. The commissioner of administration in purchasing, leasing, maintaining or converting vehicles for alternative fuels use shall comply with all applicable safety standards promulgated by the United States Department of Transportation.
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(L. 1991 H.B. 45 § 4 subsec. 7, A.L. 1998 S.B. 619)
Effective 1-01-99