SENATE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DANIELSON)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to city regulation of sprinkler systems in rental housing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 364.17, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  Cities may adopt housing code provisions related to sprinkler systems in rental housing. Any housing code provisions adopted pursuant to this subsection shall only apply to newly constructed rental units or substantially renovated rental units. For the purposes of this subsection, “substantially renovated” means renovations that include repairs or improvements to more than fifty percent of the rental unit.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to city regulation of sprinkler systems in rental housing.
   The bill states that a city may adopt housing code provisions related to sprinkler systems in rental housing. The bill states that any such housing code provisions shall only apply to newly constructed rental units or substantially renovated rental units. The bill states that “substantially renovated” means renovations that include repairs or improvements to more than 50 percent of the rental unit.