Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 11 - Administrative Services Department › Title V - General Services › Chapter 103 - State Driver Guidelines for State Vehicle Use and Fueling › Rule 11-103.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"At-fault accident"
means an accident in
				  which the state driver is determined to be 50 percent or more responsible for
				  the accident.
"Biodiesel blended fuel"
means the same as
				  defined in Iowa Code section
				  214A.1.
"Biofuel"
means the same as defined in Iowa
				  Code section 214A.1.
"Cargo payload"
means the net cargo weight
				  transported. The weight of the driver, passengers, and fuel shall not be
				  considered in determining cargo payload.
"Cargo volume"
means the space calculated in
				  cubic feet behind the vehicle driver and passenger seating area. In station
				  wagons, the cargo volume is measured to the front seating area with the second
				  seat laid flat behind the driver.
"Defensive driving course"
means course
				  instruction provided by the Iowa state patrol or other courses of instruction
				  provided in person or online as approved by the director of the
				  department.
"Department"
means the department of
				  administrative services (DAS).
"Determination period"
means any 12-month
				  period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
"Driver improvement course"
means course
				  instruction provided by an Iowa community college.
"Ethanol blended gasoline"
means the same as
				  defined in Iowa Code section
				  214A.1.
"Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR)"
means
				  the weight specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single
				  vehicle.
"Habitual violator"
means a state driver who
				  has been convicted of three or more moving violations committed within a
				  12-month period.
"Passengers"
means the total number of
				  vehicle occupants transported on a trip, including the driver.
"Pool car"
means a vehicle assigned to the
				  department of administrative services, fleet services.
"Preventable accident,"
for purposes of this
				  chapter, means an accident that could have been prevented or in which damage
				  could have been minimized by proper evasive action.
"Primary use"
means the utilized application
				  exceeds 50 percent of the miles driven annually for United States Environmental
				  Protection Agency (EPA)-designated light-duty trucks and vans and exceeds 75
				  percent of the miles driven annually for EPA-designated passenger sedans and
				  wagons.
"Private vehicle"
means any vehicle not
				  registered to the state of Iowa.
"Qualified renewable fuel"
means ethanol
				  blended gasoline or biodiesel blended fuel that meets the standards and
				  classifications for that type of motor fuel as provided in Iowa Code section
				  214A.2.
"Special work vehicle"
means but is not
				  limited to fire trucks, ambulances, motor homes, buses, medium- and heavy-duty
				  trucks (26,000 lbs GVWR and larger), heavy construction equipment, and other
				  highway maintenance vehicles, and any other classes of vehicles of limited
				  application approved by the state vehicle dispatcher.
"State driver"
means any person who drives a
				  vehicle to conduct official state business other than a law enforcement officer
				  employed by the department of public safety.
"State vehicle"
means any vehicle registered
				  to the state of Iowa, department of administrative services.