Senate File 2152

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  KREIMAN


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the installation and use of energy=efficient
  2    heating and cooling systems.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5157SS 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8A.321, subsection 7, Code Supplement
  1  2 2003, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered
  1  3 paragraph:
  1  4    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  In the construction of any new
  1  5 building owned by the state, a geothermal heating and cooling
  1  6 system shall be installed if the repayment time is estimated
  1  7 to be less than fifteen years.  The requirements of this
  1  8 paragraph may be waived if, upon application by the department
  1  9 of administrative services, the department of natural
  1 10 resources finds good cause for waiving the requirement.  For
  1 11 purposes of this paragraph, "repayment time" means the amount
  1 12 of time it takes for the total savings accumulated due to the
  1 13 installation of an energy=efficient heating and cooling system
  1 14 to equal the cost of installation.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 473.19, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1 16 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1 17    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  Financial assistance for the
  1 18 installation of energy=efficient heating and cooling systems
  1 19 shall not be given pursuant to this section unless
  1 20 consideration is given for the installation of a geothermal
  1 21 heating and cooling system and the repayment time for any
  1 22 installed energy=efficient heating and cooling system is
  1 23 estimated to be less than fifteen years.  For purposes of this
  1 24 paragraph, "repayment time" means the amount of time it takes
  1 25 for the total savings accumulated due to the installation of
  1 26 an energy=efficient heating and cooling system to equal the
  1 27 cost of installation.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill relates to the installation and use of energy=
  1 30 efficient heating and cooling systems.
  1 31    The bill provides that in the construction of any new
  1 32 building owned by the state, a geothermal heating and cooling
  1 33 system shall be installed if the repayment time is estimated
  1 34 to be less than 15 years.  The bill provides that this
  1 35 requirement may be waived if, upon application by the
  2  1 department of administrative services, the department of
  2  2 natural resources finds good cause for waiving the
  2  3 requirement.
  2  4    The bill provides that financial assistance for the
  2  5 installation of energy=efficient heating and cooling systems
  2  6 shall not be given pursuant to the energy bank program unless
  2  7 consideration is given for the installation of a geothermal
  2  8 heating and cooling system and the repayment time for any
  2  9 installed energy=efficient heating and cooling system is
  2 10 estimated to be less than 15 years.
  2 11    The bill provides that "repayment time" means the amount of
  2 12 time it takes for the total savings accumulated due to the
  2 13 installation of an energy=efficient heating and cooling system
  2 14 to equal the cost of installation.
  2 15 LSB 5157SS 80
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