House File 681 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SCHICKEL and KUHN


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing an energy city designation program.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2598HH 82
  4 rn/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  473.41  ENERGY CITY DESIGNATION
  1  2 PROGRAM.
  1  3    1.  The department shall establish an energy city
  1  4 designation program, with the objective of encouraging cities
  1  5 to develop and implement innovative energy efficiency
  1  6 programs.  To qualify for designation as an energy city, a
  1  7 city shall submit an application on forms prescribed by the
  1  8 department by rule, indicating the following:
  1  9    a.  Submission of community=based plans for energy
  1 10 reduction projects, energy=efficient building construction and
  1 11 rehabilitation, and alternative or renewable energy
  1 12 production.
  1 13    b.  Efforts to secure local funding for community=based
  1 14 plans, and documentation of any state or federal grant or loan
  1 15 funding being pursued in connection therewith.
  1 16    c.  Involvement of local schools, civic organizations,
  1 17 chambers of commerce, and private groups in a community=based
  1 18 plan.
  1 19    d.  Existing or proposed ordinances encouraging energy
  1 20 efficiency and conservation, recycling efforts, and
  1 21 energy=efficient building code provisions and enforcement.
  1 22    e.  Organization of an energy day observance and
  1 23 proclamation with a commemorating event and awards ceremony
  1 24 for leading energy=efficient community businesses, groups,
  1 25 schools, or individuals.
  1 26    2.  The department shall establish by rule criteria for
  1 27 awarding energy city designations.  Rules shall also be
  1 28 established identifying and publicizing state grant and loan
  1 29 programs relating to energy efficiency, and the development of
  1 30 a procedure whereby the department shall coordinate with other
  1 31 state agencies preferences given in the awarding of grants or
  1 32 making of loans to energy city designated applicants.
  1 33                           EXPLANATION
  1 34    This bill provides for the establishment by the department
  1 35 of natural resources of an energy city designation.  The
  2  1 objective of the designation shall be to encourage cities to
  2  2 develop and implement innovative energy efficiency programs.
  2  3 To qualify for designation as an energy city, the bill
  2  4 provides that a city shall submit an application including the
  2  5 submission of community=based plans for energy reduction
  2  6 projects, energy=efficient building construction and
  2  7 rehabilitation, and alternative or renewable energy
  2  8 production; efforts to secure local funding for those plans;
  2  9 involvement of local schools and community organizations; any
  2 10 existing or proposed ordinances encouraging energy efficiency
  2 11 and conservation, recycling efforts, and energy=efficient
  2 12 building code provisions and enforcement; and the organization
  2 13 of an energy day observance and proclamation with a
  2 14 commemorating event and awards ceremony for leading
  2 15 energy=efficient community businesses, groups, schools, or
  2 16 individuals.
  2 17    The bill provides that the department shall establish
  2 18 designation criteria by rule, and shall identify and publicize
  2 19 state grant and loan programs relating to energy efficiency.
  2 20 Additionally, the department is directed to develop a
  2 21 procedure for coordinating with other state agencies
  2 22 preferences given in the awarding of grants or making of loans
  2 23 to energy city designated applicants.
  2 24 LSB 2598HH 82
  2 25 rn:rj/es/88