Bill Text: IA SF2380 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced


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 effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3138.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Referred to State Government. S.J. 693. [SF2380 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2380-Introduced.html

Senate File 2380 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                     GOVERNMENT

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     3138)

                                      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 effective date provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 103A.8A, Code 2018, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    103A.8A  Energy conservation requirements.
  1  4    1.  a.  The state building code commissioner shall adopt
  1  5 as a part of the state building code a requirement that
  1  6 new single=family or two=family residential construction
  1  7 shall comply with energy conservation requirements. The
  1  8 requirements shall be adopted by the commissioner and approved
  1  9 by the council no later than July 1, 2018, and shall be
  1 10 based upon a nationally recognized standard or code for
  1 11 energy conservation. The requirements shall only apply to
  1 12 single=family or two=family residential construction commenced
  1 13 after the adoption of the requirements the international
  1 14 energy conservation code, 2018 edition.  In approving the
  1 15 requirements, the council may make modifications to such
  1 16 requirements as the council deems necessary by a majority vote
  1 17 of the members.
  1 18    b.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to
  1 19 the contrary, the energy conservation requirements adopted
  1 20 by the commissioner and approved by the council pursuant to
  1 21 paragraph "a" shall apply to new single=family or two=family
  1 22  residential construction commenced on or after July 1, 2008,
  1 23 and shall supersede and replace any minimum requirements for
  1 24 energy conservation adopted or enacted by a governmental
  1 25 subdivision prior to that date applicable to such construction
  1 26  2018. The state building code commissioner may provide
  1 27 training to builders, contractors, and other interested persons
  1 28 on the adopted energy conservation requirements.
  1 29    2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, a governmental subdivision
  1 30 may, no later than December 21, 2018, adopt minimum energy
  1 31 conservation requirements applicable to residential
  1 32 construction described in subsection 1 that are not less
  1 33 restrictive than the minimum energy conservation requirements
  1 34 adopted by the commissioner and approved by the council.
  1 35 If adopted, such requirements shall apply to residential
  2  1 construction within the governmental subdivision in lieu of the
  2  2 energy conservation requirements adopted by the commissioner
  2  3 and approved by the council.
  2  4    Sec. 2.  Section 103A.10, subsection 5, Code 2018, is amended
  2  5 by striking the subsection.
  2  6    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
  2  7 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  8                           EXPLANATION
  2  9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 10 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 11    This bill relates to energy conservation requirements
  2 12 contained within the state building code or adopted by
  2 13 governmental subdivisions.
  2 14    Code section 103A.8A requires new single=family or
  2 15 two=family residential construction commenced on or after
  2 16 July 1, 2008, to comply with energy conservation requirements
  2 17 adopted by the state building code commissioner and approved
  2 18 by the state building code advisory council. The energy
  2 19 conservation requirements adopted by the commissioner and
  2 20 approved by the council supersede and replace any minimum
  2 21 energy conservation requirements adopted by a governmental
  2 22 subdivision.
  2 23    The bill amends Code section 103A.8A to provide that the
  2 24 energy conservation requirements shall be adopted by the
  2 25 commissioner and approved by the council no later than July
  2 26 1, 2018, and shall be based upon the 2018 edition of the
  2 27 international energy conservation code. In approving the
  2 28 requirements, the council may make modifications by a majority
  2 29 vote of the members. The bill provides that new residential
  2 30 construction commenced on or after July 1, 2018, shall comply
  2 31 with the energy conservation requirements, extending the
  2 32 applicability of such requirements to any type of residential
  2 33 building.
  2 34    The bill removes language from Code section 103A.8A that
  2 35 provides that the energy conservation requirements adopted by
  3  1 the commissioner and approved by the council are to supersede
  3  2 any minimum requirements adopted by a governmental subdivision.
  3  3 The bill makes conforming changes consistent with this
  3  4 modification in Code section 103A.10(5).
  3  5    The bill provides that a governmental subdivision may, no
  3  6 later than December 21, 2018, adopt minimum energy conservation
  3  7 requirements for residential construction that are not less
  3  8 restrictive than the minimum energy conservation requirements
  3  9 adopted by the commissioner and approved by the council. If
  3 10 a governmental subdivision adopts such minimum requirements,
  3 11 then applicable residential construction must comply with the
  3 12 requirements adopted by the governmental subdivision.
  3 13    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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