Ohio Admin. Code 3745-49-54 - Permitted uses, eligibility, and prioritization
(A)
With monies made
available from the "Alternative Fuel Transportation Fund (Fund 5CG0)" for the
alternative fuel conversion program pursuant to section
122.076 of the Revised Code, the
director may do the following:
(1)
Make grants to a person that purchases one or more new
alternative fuel vehicles, in an amount not to exceed the lesser of fifty per
cent of the adjusted purchase price of the new alternative fuel vehicle, or
twenty-five thousand dollars.
(2)
Make grants to a
person that converts one or more traditional fuel vehicles into alternative
fuel vehicles, in an amount not to exceed the lesser of fifty per cent of the
cost of the conversion parts and equipment, or twenty-five thousand
dollars.
(3)
Limit the total amount of grants awarded to a person
that purchases or converts multiple alternative fuel vehicles to no more than
four hundred thousand dollars.
(4)
Require each
grant recipient to attest that, of the total number of miles that the recipient
or any employee or agent of the recipient will drive the alternative fuel
vehicle, over half will be in this state.
(B)
Eligible
vehicles.
(1)
To be eligible for grant funding under section
122.076 of the Revised Code, the
new alternative fuel vehicle to be purchased shall conform to the
following:
(a)
Be registered in this state for operation on public
highways.
(b)
Be propelled by a motor that runs on compressed natural
gas, liquid natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas, or by a motor that can run on
one of these alternative fuels and on gasoline or diesel fuel.
(c)
Be propelled by
alternative fuel technology that has received a compliance designation or been
certified by the United States environmental protection agency for new or
intermediate use.
(d)
Have a gross vehicle rating of at least twenty-six
thousand pounds.
(e)
Be purchased from an original equipment manufacturer,
automobile retailer, or after-market conversion facility.
(f)
Be purchased by
the first person to purchase the vehicle not for resale.
(g)
Be purchased for
use in business.
(2)
To be eligible
for grant funding under section
122.076 of the Revised Code, the
traditional fuel vehicle being converted to alternative fuel operation shall
conform to the following:
(a)
Be registered in this state for operation on public
highways.
(b)
Be propelled by gasoline or diesel
fuel.
(c)
Be converted to alternative fuel technology that has
received a compliance designation or been certified by the United States
environmental protection agency for new or intermediate use.
(d)
Have a gross
vehicle rating of at least twenty-six thousand pounds.
(e)
Receive
conversion parts and equipment used for the storage of alternative fuel, the
delivery or alternative fuel to the motor, and the exhaust of gases from the
combustion of alternative fuel, that have not previously been used to modify or
retrofit another traditional fuel vehicle.
(f)
Receive
conversion parts and equipment that were purchased from an original equipment
manufacturer, automobile retailer, or after-market conversion
facility.
(g)
Be converted for use in business.
(C)
Prioritization.
(1)
In awarding
grants the director shall make an eligibility determination for each new
application received, and award grants to those whose applications are deemed
to be eligible in the order in which applications were received after the
initial application date and time specified in the "Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Request for Proposals," until all available funds have been
allocated.
(2)
If an application that was deemed eligible and received
an award is subsequently withdrawn by the applicant, or the grant is revoked by
the director for cause, the unused funds may be awarded to the applicant or
applicants whose proposals were the next deemed eligible and submitted after
the initial application date and time specified in the "Alternative Fuel
Vehicle Request for Proposals," until all available funds have been
allocated.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 122.076
Rule Amplifies: 122.076
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