NAC486A.160. Acquisition or replacement of vehicles to clean vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles or vehicles capable of using alternative fuel; waivers.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, at least 90 percent of all motor vehicles acquired or replaced by the operator of a fleet during each fiscal year must consist of clean vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles or motor vehicles that are capable of using alternative fuel.

     2. If the number of vehicles purchased, leased or otherwise acquired by the operator of a fleet in any 1 year when multiplied by the percentage specified in subsection 1 contains a fraction, the number of vehicles required to be alternative fuel vehicles must be rounded off to the nearest whole number.

     3. The Director may, upon prior approval by him or her, waive the requirements of subsection 1 for motor vehicles that are transferred from one location to another location within the same state agency or local governing body.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 11-23-92; A 10-29-97; R031-00, 5-26-2000; R232-03, 4-13-2004; R022-10, 7-22-2010)