School Laws of Oklahoma
Chapter 11 - Transportation
Article III: Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Act
Section 1026. Definitions. (74 O.S. § 130.2)
As used in the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Act:
1. “Alternative fuels” means fuels which result in comparably lower emissions of oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, or particulates or any combination thereof and includes compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, ethanol, methanol, “—85” which is a mixture of methanol and gasoline containing at least eighty-five percent (85%) methanol, electricity, biodiesel, and “B2O” which is a mixture of biodiesel and diesel fuel containing at least twenty percent (20%) biodiesel;
2. “Charge station” means the physical device that provides a connection from a power source to an electric vehicle as defined by the Electric Vehicle Association of America, the Electric Power Research Institute, and the Society of Automotive Engineers. All charge stations shall comply with the National Electric Code. Inductive connectors and conductive connectors shall comply with the guidelines of the Society of Automotive Engineers;
3. “CNG” means compressed natural gas;
4. “CNG conversion kit” means the equipment installed to modify a motor vehicle which is propelled by gasoline or diesel fuel so that the vehicle may be propelled by compressed natural gas;
5. “Diesel fuel” means diesel engine fuel, and all other liquids suitable for the generation of power for the propulsion of motor vehicles except gasoline;
6. “Fill station” means the property which is directly related to the delivery of compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, “—85” which is a mixture of methanol and gasoline containing at least eighty-five percent (85%) methanol, biodiesel, or “B2O” which is a mixture of biodiesel and diesel fuel containing at least twenty percent (20%) biodiesel into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle propelled by such fuel including the compression equipment and storage vessels for such fuel at the point where such fuel is delivered;
7. “Gallon” means the quantity of fluid or liquid at a temperature of sixty degrees (60E) Fahrenheit necessary to completely fill a United States standard gallon liquid measure;
8. “Gasoline” means the same as motor fuel and means every liquid petroleum product, or any combination thereof, other than solvents as herein defined, having an A.P.I. gravity of forty-six degrees (46E) or above at a temperature of sixty degrees (60E) Fahrenheit and at atmospheric pressure, and includes drip, casinghead or natural gasoline. The term gasoline also includes any liquid of less than forty-six degrees (46E) A.P.I. gravity at a temperature of sixty degrees (60E) Fahrenheit compounded, blended, manufactured or otherwise produced by mixing or blending gasoline or solvents with any blending materials, as hereinafter defined, when the blended product can be used for generating power in internal combustion engines, regardless of how such liquid is made, compounded, manufactured or recovered and regardless of the name by which such liquid may be known or sold;
9. “Government vehicle” means all motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, transit vehicles operated by any entity pursuant to Section 4031 et seq. of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes or designated as public transit by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, buses, trucks, law enforcement vehicles and emergency vehicles, owned and operated by the State of Oklahoma, any public trust authority, county, municipality, town or city within this state;
10. “Sale” means sales, barters, exchanges, and every other manner, method, and form of transferring the ownership of personal property from one person to another, and also includes the use or consumption in this state in the first instance of gasoline received from without the state or of any other gasoline upon which the surcharge has not been paid;
11. “School vehicle” means all buses and multi-passenger motor vehicles owned and approved to operate by the State Department of Education or any school district within this state; and
12. “Solvents” means especially prepared commercial and industrial solvents, cleaners' and painters' naphthas, and raw petroleum materials or petrochemical intermediates when used as or sold for use in production or manufacture of plastics, detergents, synthetic rubber, herbicides, insecticides and other chemicals or products which are not prepared, advertised, offered for sale, or sold for use or suitable for use as fuel for generating power in internal combustion engines.
Section 1027. Recovery of Reasonable Expenses of Conversion. (74 O.S. § 130.3)
A. All school vehicles and all government vehicles may be converted to operate on an alternative fuel. The state, any county or municipal government and any school district within the state may have access to the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Fund and the reasonable expenses of the conversions and/or the installation of a fill station or charge station may be reimbursed in the manner pursuant to Section 130.4 of this title if the state, county, municipality or school district can pay back such conversion and/or fill station or charge station installation costs within seven (7) years of the date of conversion and/or fill station or charge station installation. Beginning July 1, 1995, all school districts within this state should consider only purchasing school vehicles which have the capability to operate on an alternative fuel.
B. The reasonable expenses of the conversion of the school vehicle fleets and the government vehicle fleets that are converted pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be reimbursed in the manner pursuant to Section 130.4 of this title.
C. The reasonable expenses of the installation of a fill station or charge station that is installed pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be reimbursed in the manner pursuant to Section 130.4 of this title.
D. Any vehicle converted to have the capability of being fueled or charged by alternative fuels pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Act shall not be sold or otherwise transferred to another person or entity before the total reimbursement of the cost of such conversion pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Act unless such conversion equipment is removed and installed on another government vehicle or school vehicle owned by such public entity.
E. Any fill station or charge station installed pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Act shall not be sold or otherwise transferred to another person or entity before the total reimbursement of the cost of such fill station or charge station pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Conversion Act.
F. All school vehicles and all government vehicles which are converted to operate on alternative fuel shall be required to use such alternative fuel whenever a fill station or charge station is in operation within a five-mile radius of the respective department, district, agency, office, or political subdivision that has converted vehicles to operate on alternative fuel, and the price of the alternative fuel is comparable to the price of the fuel being displaced. School vehicles and government vehicles that are capable of operating on a conventional fuel as well as an alternative fuel shall be exempt from this restriction on those occasions when the vehicle or vehicles must be refueled outside the five-mile radius of the respective department, district, agency, office or political subdivision that has said vehicle and no alternative fuel fill station or charge station is reasonably available.
School Laws of Oklahoma | Chapter 11 - Transportation | Article III: Oklahoma Alternative Fuels Act
