2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 307 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT)
307.21 - ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.

        307.21  ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
         1.  The department's administrator of administrative services
      shall:
         a.  Provide for the proper maintenance and protection of the
      grounds, buildings, and equipment of the department, in cooperation
      with the department of administrative services.
         b.  Establish, supervise, and maintain a system of centralized
      electronic data processing for the department, in cooperation with
      the department of administrative services.
         c.  Assist the director in preparing the departmental budget.

         d.  Provide centralized purchasing services for the
      department, in cooperation with the department of administrative
      services.  The administrator shall, when the price is reasonably
      competitive and the quality as intended, purchase soybean-based inks
      and plastic products with recycled content, including but not limited
      to plastic garbage can liners, and shall purchase these items in
      accordance with the schedule established in section 8A.315.  However,
      the administrator need not purchase garbage can liners in accordance
      with the schedule if the liners are utilized by a facility approved
      by the environmental protection commission created under section
      455A.6, for purposes of recycling.  For purposes of this section,
      "recycled content" means that the content of the product contains
      a minimum of thirty percent postconsumer material.
         e.  Assist the director in employing the professional,
      technical, clerical, and secretarial staff for the department and
      maintain employee records, in cooperation with the department of
      administrative services and provide personnel services, including but
      not limited to training, safety education, and employee counseling.
         f.  Assist the director in coordinating the responsibilities
      and duties of the various divisions within the department.
         g.  Carry out all other general administrative duties for the
      department.
         h.  Perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be
      assigned by the director.
         2.  When performing the duty of providing centralized purchasing
      services under subsection 1, the administrator shall do all of the
      following:
         a.  Purchase and use recycled printing and writing paper in
      accordance with the schedule established in section 8A.315.
         b.  Establish a wastepaper recycling program in accordance
      with recommendations made by the department of natural resources and
      the requirements of section 8A.329.
         c.  Require in accordance with section 8A.311 product content
      statements and compliance with requirements regarding procurement
      specifications.
         d.  Comply with the requirements for the purchase of
      lubricating oils, industrial oils, greases, and hydraulic fluids as
      established pursuant to section 8A.316.
         e.  Give preference to purchasing designated biobased products
      in the same manner as provided in section 8A.317.
         3.  The department shall report to the general assembly by
      February 1 of each year, the following:
         a.  A listing of plastic products which are regularly
      purchased by the board for which recycled content product
      alternatives are available, including the cost of the plastic
      products purchased and the cost of the recycled content product
      alternatives.
         b.  Information relating to soybean-based inks and plastic
      garbage can liners with recycled content regularly purchased by the
      department, including the cost of purchasing soybean-based inks and
      plastic garbage can liners with recycled content and the percentages
      of soybean-based inks and plastic garbage can liners with recycled
      content that have been purchased.
         4.  A gasoline-powered vehicle purchased by the administrator
      shall not operate on gasoline other than ethanol blended gasoline as
      defined in section 214A.1.  A diesel-powered motor vehicle purchased
      by the administrator shall not operate on diesel fuel other than
      biodiesel fuel as defined in section 214A.1, if commercially
      available.  A state-issued credit card shall not be valid to purchase
      gasoline other than ethanol blended gasoline or to purchase diesel
      fuel other than biodiesel fuel, if commercially available.  The motor
      vehicle shall also be affixed with a brightly visible sticker which
      notifies the traveling public that the motor vehicle is being
      operated on ethanol blended gasoline or biodiesel fuel, as
      applicable.  However, the sticker is not required to be affixed to an
      unmarked vehicle used for purposes of providing law enforcement or
      security.
         5. a.  Of all new passenger vehicles and light pickup trucks
      purchased by the administrator, a minimum of ten percent of all such
      vehicles and trucks purchased shall be equipped with engines which
      utilize alternative methods of propulsion, including but not limited
      to any of the following:
         (1)  A flexible fuel which is any of the following:
         (a)  E-85 gasoline as provided in section 214A.2.
         (b)  B-20 biodiesel blended fuel as provided in section 214A.2.
         (c)  A renewable fuel approved by the office of renewable fuels
      and coproducts pursuant to section 159A.3.
         (2)  Compressed or liquefied natural gas.
         (3)  Propane gas.
         (4)  Solar energy.
         (5)  Electricity.
         b.  The provisions of this subsection do not apply to vehicles
      and trucks purchased and directly used for law enforcement or
      off-road maintenance work.
         6.  The administrator shall, whenever technically feasible,
      purchase and use degradable loose foam packing material manufactured
      from grain starches or other renewable resources, unless the cost of
      the packing material is more than ten percent greater than the cost
      of packing material made from nonrenewable resources.  For the
      purposes of this subsection, "packing material" means material,
      other than an exterior packing shell, that is used to stabilize,
      protect, cushion, or brace the contents of a package.
         7.  The administrator of administrative services may purchase
      items from the department of administrative services and may
      cooperate with the director of the department of administrative
      services by providing purchasing services for the department of
      administrative services.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C75, 77, 79, 81, § 307.21] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1910, 1911; 88 Acts, ch 1185, § 3; 89 Acts, ch
      272, § 24; 90 Acts, ch 1237, § 4; 91 Acts, ch 97, § 42; 91 Acts, ch
      254, § 18; 92 Acts, ch 1095, § 3; 93 Acts, ch 26, § 6; 93 Acts, ch
      176, § 40; 94 Acts, ch 1119, §28; 95 Acts, ch 44, §3; 95 Acts, ch 62,
      §4; 98 Acts, ch 1082, §6; 99 Acts, ch 114, §17; 99 Acts, ch 121, §10;
      2000 Acts, ch 1109, §6; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §241, 242, 286; 2006 Acts,
      ch 1142, §66, 67; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §68; 2008 Acts, ch 1104, §6; 2008
      Acts, ch 1169, §39, 42; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §113