HOUSE FILE 2015

BY  PETTENGILL

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the definition of hydronic for purposes of the Iowa plumber, mechanical professional, and contractor licensing Act and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 105.2, subsection 8, Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   8.  “Hydronic” means a heating or cooling system that transfers heating or cooling by circulating fluid through a closed system, including boilers, pressure vessels, refrigerated equipment in connection with chilled water systems, all steam piping, hot or chilled water piping together with all control devices and accessories, installed as part of, or in connection with, any
 
comfort heating or
 
comfort cooling system or appliance using a liquid, water, or steam as the heating or cooling media. “Hydronic” includes all low-pressure and high-pressure systems and all natural, propane, liquid propane, or other gas lines associated with any component of a hydronic system.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
   This bill amends Code chapter 105, the Iowa plumber, mechanical professional, and contractor licensing Act.
   2011 Acts, House File 392, changed the definition of “hydronic” by striking language which limited application to heating and cooling systems used for comfort. The bill reinstates the previous language.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.