Bill Text: IA HF310 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing an energy audit program with regard to elementary and secondary public school buildings.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Subcommittee, Highfill, Cohoon, and Stanerson. H.J. 362. [HF310 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF310-Introduced.html
House File 310 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY KELLEY A BILL FOR 1 An Act establishing an energy audit program with regard to 2 elementary and secondary public school buildings. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2410YH (1) 86 rn/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 476.6, subsection 15, Code 2015, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. i. The board shall establish, coordinate, 1 4 and provide the funding for an energy audit program pursuant to 1 5 which energy audits shall be performed in connection with each 1 6 elementary or secondary public school building in the state 1 7 utilized as an attendance center. The board shall establish 1 8 by rule criteria for the audits, which shall include, at a 1 9 minimum, an inspection of the school building, assessment of 1 10 the building's current energy efficiency, and recommendations 1 11 for energy=efficient upgrades or improvements. The selection 1 12 of one or more entities or organizations to conduct the audits, 1 13 and a proposed timetable for the performance of the audits and 1 14 submission of audit results, shall be at the discretion of the 1 15 board. Each school district in the state shall submit to the 1 16 board a list of school buildings located within the school 1 17 district by September 1, 2015. The goal of the program shall 1 18 be to complete all audits by January 1, 2017, but the board may 1 19 grant extensions of time in the board's discretion upon request 1 20 by the entity performing the audit or a school district. The 1 21 board shall submit a status report to the general assembly by 1 22 January 1, 2016, and by January 1 each year thereafter until 1 23 all audits have been completed. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 26 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 27 This bill directs the Iowa utilities board to establish, 1 28 coordinate, and fund an energy audit program pursuant to which 1 29 energy audits shall be performed in connection with each 1 30 elementary or secondary school building in the state utilized 1 31 as an attendance center. The bill provides that the board 1 32 shall establish by rule criteria for the audits, which shall 1 33 include, at a minimum, an inspection of the school building, 1 34 assessment of the building's current energy efficiency, and 1 35 recommendations for energy=efficient upgrades or improvements. 2 1 The bill requires each school district to submit to the 2 2 board a list of school buildings located within the district 2 3 by September 1, 2015. The bill provides that selection of one 2 4 or more entities or organizations to perform the audits, and 2 5 a proposed timetable for the performance of the audits and 2 6 submission of audit results to the board, is in the board's 2 7 discretion. The bill specifies a general goal of completion 2 8 of all audits by January 1, 2017, but states that the board may 2 9 grant extensions of time in the board's discretion upon request 2 10 by an entity performing an audit or a school district. The 2 11 bill provides that the board shall review audit results and 2 12 submit a status report to the general assembly by January 1, 2 13 2016, and by January 1 each year thereafter until all audits 2 14 have been completed. LSB 2410YH (1) 86 rn/nh
