Senate File 2125 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2125 BY SODDERS , HECKROTH , OLIVE , and COURTNEY A BILL FOR An Act requiring provision of deliverable fuels to customers 1 under specified circumstances, and including effective date 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5862XS (3) 83 rn/nh

S.F. 2125 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 216A.105 Deliverable fuels —— 1 mandatory delivery —— qualifications. 2 1. A deliverable fuel vendor engaged in the business of 3 providing deliverable fuel to customers in this state shall 4 not withhold the sale or delivery of deliverable fuel to a 5 customer between November 1 and April 1 annually if either of 6 the following apply: 7 a. The customer documents that they are able to make a cash 8 payment for deliverable fuel of five hundred dollars. 9 b. The customer is eligible for the federal low-income home 10 energy assistance program. 11 2. A deliverable fuel vendor providing deliverable fuel to a 12 customer described in subsection 1, paragraph “a” , may apply the 13 customer’s cash payment as follows: 14 a. Seventy-five percent toward the current deliverable fuel 15 sale or delivery. 16 b. Twenty-five percent toward any unpaid balance. 17 3. The division shall adopt rules governing contracts and 18 agreements with deliverable fuel vendors pursuant to this 19 section in order to protect the rights of persons who heat 20 their homes with deliverable fuels. 21 4. For the purposes of this section, unless the context 22 otherwise requires: 23 a. “Deliverable fuel” means propane or any other heating 24 fuel sold or delivered in this state for home heating purposes. 25 b. “Deliverable fuel vendor” means a retail propane 26 dispenser, retail propane marketer, or a retail dispenser or 27 marketer of a deliverable fuel other than propane. 28 c. “Propane” , “retail propane dispenser” , and “retail propane 29 marketer” mean the same as defined in section 101C.2. 30 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 31 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 32 EXPLANATION 33 This bill prohibits a deliverable fuel vendor from 34 withholding the sale or delivery of deliverable fuel to 35 -1- LSB 5862XS (3) 83 rn/nh 1/ 2

S.F. 2125 a customer between November 1 and April 1 annually if the 1 customer meets one of two alternative criteria. 2 One criteria qualifies customers for delivery if they are 3 eligible for the federal low-income home energy assistance 4 program. 5 The second criteria qualifies customers who can document 6 that they are able to make a cash payment for deliverable fuel 7 of $500. The bill provides that in the event an unpaid balance 8 by the customer exists, 75 percent of this cash payment may be 9 allocated by the deliverable fuel vendor toward the current 10 deliverable fuel sale or delivery, and that 25 percent may be 11 allocated toward the unpaid balance. 12 The bill directs the division of community action agencies 13 of the department of human rights to adopt rules governing 14 contracts and agreements with deliverable fuel vendors in 15 order to protect the rights of persons who heat their homes 16 with deliverable fuels. Definitions of “deliverable fuel”, 17 “deliverable fuel vendor”, and “propane” are supplied. 18 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 19 -2- LSB 5862XS (3) 83 rn/nh 2/ 2