Bill Text: IA SF388 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to energy conservation requirements contained within the state building code or adopted by governmental subdivisions, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1126.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-09 - Subcommittee: Smith, Chapman, and Danielson. S.J. 68. [SF388 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF388-Introduced.html

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Senate File 388 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                     GOVERNMENT

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     1126)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to energy conservation requirements contained
  2    within the state building code or adopted by governmental
  3    subdivisions, and including retroactive applicability
  4    provisions.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 103A.8A, Code 2017, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    103A.8A  Energy conservation requirements.
  1  4    1.  The state building code commissioner shall adopt as
  1  5 a part of the state building code a requirement that new
  1  6 single=family or two=family residential construction shall
  1  7 comply with energy conservation requirements. The requirements
  1  8 adopted by the commissioner shall be based upon a nationally
  1  9 recognized standard or code for energy conservation. The
  1 10 requirements shall only apply to single=family or two=family
  1 11 residential construction commenced after the adoption of
  1 12 the requirements. Notwithstanding any other provision
  1 13 of this chapter to the contrary, the energy conservation
  1 14 requirements adopted by the commissioner and approved by
  1 15 the council shall apply to new single=family or two=family
  1 16 residential construction commenced on or after July 1, 2008,
  1 17 and shall supersede and replace any minimum requirements for
  1 18 energy conservation adopted or enacted by a governmental
  1 19 subdivision prior to that date applicable to such construction
  1 20  to all single=family or two=family residential construction
  1 21 commenced on or after July 1, 2010. The state building code
  1 22 commissioner may provide training to builders, contractors, and
  1 23 other interested persons on the adopted energy conservation
  1 24 requirements.
  1 25    2.  If a governmental subdivision has adopted minimum
  1 26 energy conservation requirements applicable to residential
  1 27 construction described in subsection 1 that are not less
  1 28 restrictive than the minimum energy conservation requirements
  1 29 provided in the international energy conservation code, 2009
  1 30 edition, then such residential construction shall comply
  1 31 with the energy conservation requirements adopted by the
  1 32 governmental subdivision in lieu of the energy conservation
  1 33 requirements adopted by the commissioner.
  1 34    Sec. 2.  Section 103A.10, subsection 5, Code 2017, is amended
  1 35 by striking the subsection.
  2  1    Sec. 3.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies
  2  2 retroactively to July 1, 2010.
  2  3                           EXPLANATION
  2  4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2  5 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2  6    This bill relates to energy conservation requirements
  2  7 contained within the state building code or adopted by
  2  8 governmental subdivisions.
  2  9    Code chapter 103A requires new single=family or two=family
  2 10 residential construction commenced on or after July 1, 2008,
  2 11 to comply with energy conservation requirements adopted by
  2 12 the state building code commissioner. "New construction", as
  2 13 defined in the Code chapter, is expressly made inapplicable
  2 14 to building renovations and repairs. The energy conservation
  2 15 requirements adopted by the state building code commissioner
  2 16 supersede and replace any minimum energy conservation
  2 17 requirements adopted by a governmental subdivision.
  2 18    The bill amends Code section 103A.8A to provide that all
  2 19 single=family or two=family residential construction on or
  2 20 after July 1, 2010, shall comply with the energy conservation
  2 21 requirements, extending the requirements to existing residence
  2 22 renovations and repairs.
  2 23    The bill removes the language from Code section 103A.8A that
  2 24 provides that the energy conservation requirements adopted
  2 25 by the state building code commissioner are to supersede any
  2 26 minimum requirements adopted by a governmental subdivision.
  2 27 The bill makes conforming changes consistent with this
  2 28 modification by striking Code section 103A.10(5).
  2 29    The bill provides that if a governmental subdivision adopts
  2 30 minimum energy conservation requirements that are not less
  2 31 restrictive than the 2009 edition of the international energy
  2 32 conservation code, then applicable residential construction
  2 33 must comply with the energy conservation requirements
  2 34 adopted by the governmental subdivision in lieu of the energy
  2 35 conservation requirements adopted by the commissioner.
  3  1 The bill applies retroactively to July 1, 2010.
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