House Amendment 8239
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 2508 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting:
1 3 <Section 1. NEW SECTION. 100.17 Carbon monoxide
1 4 detectors.
1 5 1. As used in this section:
1 6 a. "Carbon monoxide detector" means a device which
1 7 detects carbon monoxide and which incorporates control
1 8 equipment and an alarm=sounding unit operated from a
1 9 power supply either in the unit or obtained at the
1 10 point of installation. A "carbon monoxide detector"
1 11 may include a device that also meets the definition of
1 12 a smoke detector under section 100.18, if the device
1 13 produces a distinct audible alarm for each type of
1 14 hazard.
1 15 b. "Dormitory" means the same as defined in section
1 16 100.18.
1 17 c. "Fossil fuel" means coal, kerosene, oil,
1 18 wood, fuel gases, or other petroleum or hydrocarbon
1 19 products that emit carbon monoxide as a by=product of
1 20 combustion.
1 21 d. "Multiple=unit residential dwelling" means a
1 22 residential building, an apartment house, or a portion
1 23 of a building or an apartment house with two or more
1 24 dwelling units. "Multiple=unit residential dwelling"
1 25 does not include a hotel, motel, dormitory, or rooming
1 26 house.
1 27 2. a. A multiple=unit residential dwelling
1 28 containing a fossil fuel heater, fossil fuel furnace,
1 29 fossil fuel appliance, fossil fuel fireplace, or an
1 30 attached garage shall have approved carbon monoxide
1 31 detectors installed in each dwelling unit according
1 32 to the requirements of this section and the rules
1 33 established by the state fire marshal under subsection
1 34 3.
1 35 b. A single=family dwelling containing a fossil
1 36 fuel heater, fossil fuel furnace, fossil fuel
1 37 appliance, fossil fuel fireplace, or an attached garage
1 38 shall have approved carbon monoxide detectors installed
1 39 according to the requirements of this section and the
1 40 rules established by the state fire marshal under
1 41 subsection 3.
1 42 c. Carbon monoxide detectors required under
1 43 paragraph "a" or "b" shall be installed in the
1 44 immediate vicinity of the sleeping area of the
1 45 dwelling.
1 46 3. a. The state fire marshal shall adopt rules
1 47 under chapter 17A concerning the placement of carbon
1 48 monoxide detectors and the use of acceptable carbon
1 49 monoxide detectors.
1 50 b. This section does not prohibit a county or city
2 1 from adopting carbon monoxide detector requirements
2 2 that are more stringent than those in this section.
2 3 4. a. The owner of a single=family dwelling or
2 4 multiple=unit residential dwelling that is used as a
2 5 rental property and subject to the requirements of
2 6 subsection 2, shall do all of the following:
2 7 (1) Provide and install one approved carbon
2 8 monoxide detector within each dwelling or dwelling unit
2 9 located in the immediate vicinity of the sleeping area
2 10 of the dwelling or dwelling unit.
2 11 (2) Replace any carbon monoxide detector that has
2 12 been stolen, removed, or rendered inoperable prior
2 13 to the commencement of a tenancy, unless the carbon
2 14 monoxide detector was replaced by the previous tenant.
2 15 (3) Ensure that all batteries required for
2 16 operation of the carbon monoxide detector are replaced
2 17 prior to the commencement of a tenancy.
2 18 b. Except as required under paragraph "a", an
2 19 owner of a single=family dwelling or multiple=unit
2 20 residential dwelling that is used as a rental property
2 21 and subject to the requirements of subsection 2,
2 22 is not required to maintain, repair, or replace a
2 23 carbon monoxide detector, including the replacement of
2 24 batteries, if applicable.
2 25 5. In lieu of the carbon monoxide detector
2 26 installation requirements under subsections 2 and 4,
2 27 the owner of a multiple=unit residential dwelling that
2 28 is used as a rental property and that is otherwise
2 29 subject to the requirements of subsection 2, may
2 30 install an approved carbon monoxide detector not
2 31 less than ten feet and not more than twenty=five
2 32 feet from each centralized fossil fuel heater, fossil
2 33 fuel furnace, fossil fuel appliance, or fossil fuel
2 34 fireplace if the carbon monoxide detector is able
2 35 to produce an alarm to alert all residents of the
2 36 multiple=unit residential dwelling of a hazard.
2 37 However, this subsection shall not relieve the owner
2 38 of the installation requirements under subsections
2 39 2 and 4 for any dwelling unit in the multiple=unit
2 40 residential dwelling that also contains an attached
2 41 garage or a fossil fuel heater, fossil fuel furnace,
2 42 fossil fuel appliance, or fossil fuel fireplace that
2 43 is not centralized.
2 44 6. A lessee or tenant of a single=family dwelling
2 45 or multiple=unit residential dwelling that is used as
2 46 a rental property and subject to the requirements of
2 47 subsection 2 shall do all of the following:
2 48 a. Test and maintain the carbon monoxide detector
2 49 in good repair.
2 50 b. Replace batteries as needed.
3 1 c. Replace a carbon monoxide detector that is
3 2 stolen, removed, or rendered inoperable during the
3 3 lessee or tenant's tenancy.
3 4 d. Notify the owner of the single=family dwelling
3 5 or multiple=unit residential dwelling or the owner's
3 6 authorized agent in writing if the lessee or tenant is
3 7 unable to correct a deficiency related to the carbon
3 8 monoxide detector.
3 9 7. A person shall not render inoperable a carbon
3 10 monoxide detector that is required to be installed
3 11 under this section, unless the person is replacing
3 12 the batteries in the carbon monoxide detector or
3 13 inspecting, maintaining, or repairing the carbon
3 14 monoxide detector.
3 15 8. a. A person who files for a homestead tax
3 16 credit pursuant to chapter 425 shall certify that the
3 17 single=family dwelling for which the credit is filed
3 18 has a carbon monoxide detector installed in compliance
3 19 with this section, or that one will be installed within
3 20 thirty days of the date the filing for the credit is
3 21 made.
3 22 b. Each property tax statement delivered under
3 23 section 445.5 for property subject to the requirements
3 24 of this section shall include information relating to
3 25 the applicable carbon monoxide requirements.>
3 26 #2. Page 1, after line 18 by inserting:
3 27 <Sec. ___. Section 445.5, Code 2009, is amended by
3 28 adding the following new subsection:
3 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. For each parcel that is
3 30 subject to the carbon monoxide detector requirements
3 31 under section 100.17, the treasurer shall include
3 32 written information relating to the applicable
3 33 carbon monoxide detector requirements along with each
3 34 statement mailed under subsection 1.
3 35 Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. The sections of this Act
3 36 enacting section 100.17 and amending section 445.5 take
3 37 effect July 1, 2013.>
3 38 #3. Page 1, line 19, by striking <This Act> and
3 39 inserting <The sections of this Act amending sections
3 40 331.304 and 364.17>
3 41 #4. Page 1, line 20, by striking <takes> and
3 42 inserting <take>
3 43 #5. Title page, line 1, after <to> by inserting
3 44 <residential dwelling safety devices by requiring
3 45 carbon monoxide detectors in certain dwellings and
3 46 establishing requirements for>
3 47 #6. By renumbering as necessary.
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