214A.3 - ADVERTISING.

        214A.3  ADVERTISING.
         1.  For all motor fuel, a person shall not knowingly do any of the
      following:
         a.  Advertise the sale of any motor fuel which does not meet
      the standards provided in section 214A.2.
         b.  Falsely advertise the quality or kind of any motor fuel or
      a component of motor fuel.
         c.  Add a coloring matter to the motor fuel which misleads a
      person who is purchasing the motor fuel about the quality of the
      motor fuel.
         2.  For a renewable fuel, all of the following apply:
         a.  A person shall not knowingly falsely advertise that a
      motor fuel is a renewable fuel or is not a renewable fuel.
         b. (1)  Ethanol blended gasoline sold by a dealer shall be
      designated according to its classification as provided in section
      214A.2.  However, a person advertising E-9 or E-10 gasoline may only
      designate it as ethanol blended gasoline.  A person advertising
      ethanol blended gasoline formulated with a percentage of between
      seventy and eighty-five percent by volume of ethanol shall designate
      it as E-85.  A person shall not knowingly falsely advertise ethanol
      blended gasoline by using an inaccurate designation in violation of
      this subparagraph.
         (2)  A person shall not knowingly falsely advertise biodiesel fuel
      by using an inaccurate designation as provided in section 214A.2.  
         Section History: Early Form

         [C31, 35, § 5093-d3; C39, § 5095.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66,
      71, § 323.3; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 214A.3] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 75, § 3; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §10; 2008 Acts, ch 1169,
      §20, 30; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §119