Bill Text: IA SF2134 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to utilization of energy efficient forms of lighting with regard to city and county exterior flood lighting and certain parking facility lighting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-11 - Subcommittee, Quirmbach, Dvorsky, and Sinclair. S.J. 234. [SF2134 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2134-Introduced.html
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BY
HOGG
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
utilization
of
energy
efficient
forms
of
1
lighting
with
regard
to
city
and
county
exterior
flood
2
lighting
and
certain
parking
facility
lighting.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
331.363
Energy-efficient
lighting
1
required.
2
The
energy-efficient
lighting
replacement
and
utilization
3
requirements
and
the
dates
applicable
for
their
utilization
4
specified
in
section
476.62
shall
be
applicable
to
any
5
county-owned
exterior
flood
lighting,
including
but
not
limited
6
to
street
and
security
lighting
not
otherwise
owned
by
or
7
provided
by
a
public
utility.
The
requirements
and
the
dates
8
applicable
for
their
utilization
shall
be
equally
applicable
9
to
privately
owned
parking
facilities
located
within
a
county
10
outside
the
limits
of
a
city
if
such
parking
facilities
contain
11
sixteen
or
more
parking
spaces
or
units.
For
the
purposes
of
12
this
section,
“parking
facilities”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
13
section
384.37.
14
Sec.
2.
Section
364.23,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
15
follows:
16
364.23
Energy-efficient
lighting
required.
17
1.
All
Beginning
January
1,
2015,
all
city-owned
exterior
18
flood
lighting,
including
but
not
limited
to
street
and
19
security
lighting
but
not
including
era
or
period
lighting
20
which
has
a
minimum
efficiency
rating
of
fifty-eight
lumens
per
21
watt
and
not
including
stadium
or
ball
park
lighting,
shall
be
22
replaced,
when
worn-out,
exclusively
with
high
pressure
sodium
23
light-emitting
diode
lighting
or
lighting
with
equivalent
or
24
better
energy
efficiency
as
approved
in
rules
adopted
by
the
25
utilities
board
within
the
utilities
division
of
the
department
26
of
commerce.
By
January
1,
2020,
all
city-owned
exterior
27
flood
lighting
shall
utilize
light-emitting
diode
lighting
28
or
lighting
with
equivalent
or
better
energy
efficiency
as
29
approved
in
rules
adopted
by
the
utilities
board
within
the
30
utilities
division
of
the
department
of
commerce.
In
lieu
of
31
the
requirements
established
for
replacement
lighting
under
32
this
section
,
stadium
or
ball
park
lighting
shall
be
replaced,
33
when
worn-out,
with
the
most
energy-efficient
lighting
34
available
at
the
time
of
replacement
which
may
include
metal
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halide,
high-pressure
sodium,
light-emitting
diode,
or
other
1
light
sources
which
may
be
developed.
2
2.
The
lighting
replacement
and
utilization
requirements
3
specified
in
subsection
1,
and
the
dates
applicable
for
their
4
utilization,
shall
be
equally
applicable
to
privately
owned
5
parking
facilities
containing
sixteen
or
more
parking
spaces
6
or
units.
For
the
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“parking
7
facilities”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
384.37.
8
Sec.
3.
Section
476.62,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
9
follows:
10
476.62
Energy-efficient
lighting
required.
11
All
Beginning
January
1,
2015,
all
public
utility-owned
12
exterior
flood
lighting,
including
but
not
limited
to
street
13
and
security
lighting,
shall
be
replaced
when
worn-out
14
exclusively
with
high
pressure
sodium
light-emitting
diode
15
lighting
or
lighting
with
equivalent
or
better
energy
16
efficiency
as
approved
in
rules
adopted
by
the
board.
By
17
January
1,
2020,
all
public
utility-owned
exterior
flood
18
lighting
shall
utilize
light-emitting
diode
lighting
or
19
lighting
with
equivalent
or
better
energy
efficiency
as
20
approved
in
rules
adopted
by
the
board.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
requires
the
utilization
of
energy
efficient
25
forms
of
lighting
with
regard
to
exterior
flood
lighting
and
26
designated
parking
facility
lighting.
27
Currently,
cities
and
public
utilities
are
required
28
to
replace
exterior
flood
lighting,
including
but
not
29
limited
to
street
and
security
lighting,
with
high
pressure
30
sodium
lighting
or
lighting
with
equivalent
or
better
31
energy
efficiency
as
approved
in
rules
adopted
by
the
Iowa
32
utilities
board.
The
bill
changes
this
requirement
to
refer
33
to
replacement
with
light-emitting
diode
lighting.
Such
34
replacement
would
be
applicable
beginning
January
1,
2015,
with
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the
requirement
that
by
January
1,
2020,
all
city-owned
or
1
public
utility-owned
flood
lighting
will
utilize
light-emitting
2
diode
lighting
or
lighting
with
equivalent
or
better
energy
3
efficiency
as
approved
in
rules
adopted
by
the
Iowa
utilities
4
board.
5
Additionally,
the
bill
extends
the
replacement
and
6
utilization
lighting
requirements,
and
the
dates
applicable
7
for
their
utilization,
to
privately
owned
parking
facilities
8
located
within
a
city
or
a
county
if
the
parking
facilities
9
contain
16
or
more
parking
spaces
or
units.
The
bill
10
references
a
definition
of
“parking
facility”
contained
in
Code
11
section
384.37
as
meaning
parking
lots
or
other
off-street
12
areas
for
the
parking
of
vehicles,
including
areas
below
or
13
above
the
surface
of
streets.
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