Section 323A.2A. Purchase of E-85 gasoline from other source.

  1.  a.  When on and after May 30, 2006, a franchise is entered into or renewed, the franchisor shall provide for the delivery of volumes of E-85 gasoline at times demanded by the franchisee or shall allow the franchisee to purchase those volumes of E-85 gasoline at those times from another source.

  b.  If a franchise is in effect on May 30, 2006, and does not have an expiration date, the franchisor shall provide for the delivery of volumes of E-85 gasoline at times demanded by the franchisee or shall allow the franchisee to purchase those volumes of E-85 gasoline at those times from another source.

  2.  If the franchisee sells E-85 gasoline delivered from a source other than the franchisor, the franchisee shall prominently post a sign disclosing this fact to the public on each motor fuel pump used for dispensing the E-85 gasoline. The size of the sign shall not be less than eight inches by ten inches and the letters on the sign shall be at least three inches in height.

  3.  A franchisee who sells E-85 gasoline delivered from a source other than the franchisor shall also fully indemnify the franchisor against any claims asserted by a user on which the claimant prevails and in which the court determines that E-85 gasoline not acquired from the franchisor was the proximate cause of the injury.

  4.  a.  A purchase of E-85 gasoline in accordance with this section is not good cause for the termination of a franchise.

  b.  A term of a franchise that is inconsistent with this section is void and unenforceable.

2006 Acts, ch 1142, §24, 27