Senate
File
2311
H-8331
Amend
Senate
File
2311,
as
amended,
passed,
and
reprinted
by
1
the
Senate,
as
follows:
2
1.
Page
20,
after
line
4
by
inserting:
3
<
Sec.
___.
Section
476.56,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
4
follows:
5
476.56
Energy
costs
provided.
6
A
gas
or
electric
public
utility
shall
provide,
upon
the
7
request
of
a
person
who
states
in
writing
that
the
person
is
an
8
owner
of
real
property,
or
an
interested
prospective
purchaser
9
or
renter
of
the
property,
which
is
or
has
been
receiving
gas
10
or
electric
service
from
the
public
utility,
the
annual
gas
11
or
electric
energy
costs
for
the
property.
A
gas
or
electric
12
public
utility
and,
notwithstanding
section
476.1,
subsection
13
5,
a
public
utility
furnishing
water
or
sewer
service,
shall
14
comply
with
the
utility
service
cost
disclosure
provisions
of
15
section
562A.13A
with
regard
to
existing
or
prospective
renters
16
of
real
property.
17
Sec.
___.
NEW
SECTION
.
562A.13A
Utility
service
cost
18
disclosure
statements
——
penalty.
19
1.
In
addition
to
the
required
disclosure
provisions
20
of
section
562A.13,
the
landlord
or
a
person
authorized
to
21
enter
into
a
rental
agreement
on
behalf
of
the
landlord
shall
22
disclose
to
a
prospective
tenant
in
writing
at
or
before
the
23
commencement
of
the
tenancy,
and
to
an
existing
tenant
at
any
24
point
during
the
tenancy,
the
gas,
electric,
water,
or
sewer
25
utility
service
costs
for
a
dwelling
unit.
Utility
service
26
costs
shall
be
provided
with
respect
to
a
dwelling
unit
for
the
27
preceding
twelve-month
period
based
upon
information
obtained
28
at
no
charge
by
the
landlord
or
person
authorized
to
enter
29
into
the
rental
agreement
from
the
utility
furnishing
utility
30
service,
pursuant
to
an
energy
cost
disclosure
statement
31
developed
pursuant
to
subsection
2.
In
the
event
that
32
utility
service
has
been
provided
for
a
period
of
less
than
33
one
year,
cost
information
shall
be
provided
for
the
period
34
beginning
when
utility
service
commenced.
In
the
event
of
new
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construction,
utility
service
cost
information
from
similar
1
dwelling
units
in
similar
properties
may
be
obtained
in
writing
2
from
a
utility
and
supplied
to
a
prospective
tenant,
or
in
3
the
alternative,
a
landlord
may
obtain
a
written
estimate
of
4
anticipated
utility
service
costs
from
a
utility
or
an
energy
5
consultant.
6
2.
The
office
of
consumer
advocate
shall
develop
the
7
format
of
an
energy
cost
disclosure
statement
for
utilization
8
by
landlords
in
complying
with
this
section.
The
format
9
developed
shall
include
space
for
the
disclosure
of
the
10
annual
utility
service
costs,
and
shall
also
include
space
11
for
a
representative
list
of
energy
efficiency
standards
12
incorporating
features
or
upgrades
that
a
dwelling
unit
or
13
the
building
of
which
it
is
a
part
might
conceivably
exhibit
14
or
offer.
The
list
of
energy
efficiency
standards
shall
15
be
developed
by
the
office
of
the
consumer
advocate,
in
16
consultation
with
state
and
federal
energy
efficiency
agencies
17
and
experts,
and
shall
be
accompanied
by
a
space
for
notation
18
by
the
landlord
indicating
whether
or
not
the
unit
or
building
19
meets
or
exceeds
each
standard.
20
3.
A
landlord
who
fails
to
comply
with
the
requirements
of
21
this
section
upon
receipt
of
a
written
notice
by
a
tenant
or
22
a
prospective
tenant
that
utility
service
costs
have
not
been
23
disclosed
shall
have
seven
days
from
the
date
of
receipt
of
the
24
notice
to
provide
the
required
utility
service
cost
disclosure
25
statement.
A
landlord
who
fails
to
provide
the
disclosure
26
statement
within
the
seven-day
period
or
who
enters
into
a
27
rental
agreement
with
a
tenant
without
first
disclosing
utility
28
service
costs
on
a
disclosure
statement
or
who
misrepresents
29
utility
service
costs
on
a
disclosure
statement
shall
be
30
subject
to
a
civil
penalty
of
five
hundred
dollars.
Such
31
penalty
shall
be
imposed
by
the
office
of
consumer
advocate
or
32
pursuant
to
a
civil
proceeding
regarding
recovery
of
damages
33
by
a
tenant
for
nondisclosure,
and
shall
be
remitted
to
the
34
division
of
community
action
agencies
for
deposit
into
the
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crisis
fund
created
in
section
216A.102.
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Sec.
___.
APPLICABILITY.
The
following
provisions
of
this
2
Act
apply
to
rental
agreements
entered
into
on
or
after
January
3
1,
2018:
4
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
476.56.
5
2.
The
section
of
this
Act
enacting
section
562A.13A.
>
6
2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
7
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