House
File
310
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
310
BY
KELLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
an
energy
audit
program
with
regard
to
1
elementary
and
secondary
public
school
buildings.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
476.6,
subsection
15,
Code
2015,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
i.
The
board
shall
establish,
coordinate,
3
and
provide
the
funding
for
an
energy
audit
program
pursuant
to
4
which
energy
audits
shall
be
performed
in
connection
with
each
5
elementary
or
secondary
public
school
building
in
the
state
6
utilized
as
an
attendance
center.
The
board
shall
establish
7
by
rule
criteria
for
the
audits,
which
shall
include,
at
a
8
minimum,
an
inspection
of
the
school
building,
assessment
of
9
the
building’s
current
energy
efficiency,
and
recommendations
10
for
energy-efficient
upgrades
or
improvements.
The
selection
11
of
one
or
more
entities
or
organizations
to
conduct
the
audits,
12
and
a
proposed
timetable
for
the
performance
of
the
audits
and
13
submission
of
audit
results,
shall
be
at
the
discretion
of
the
14
board.
Each
school
district
in
the
state
shall
submit
to
the
15
board
a
list
of
school
buildings
located
within
the
school
16
district
by
September
1,
2015.
The
goal
of
the
program
shall
17
be
to
complete
all
audits
by
January
1,
2017,
but
the
board
may
18
grant
extensions
of
time
in
the
board’s
discretion
upon
request
19
by
the
entity
performing
the
audit
or
a
school
district.
The
20
board
shall
submit
a
status
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
21
January
1,
2016,
and
by
January
1
each
year
thereafter
until
22
all
audits
have
been
completed.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
directs
the
Iowa
utilities
board
to
establish,
27
coordinate,
and
fund
an
energy
audit
program
pursuant
to
which
28
energy
audits
shall
be
performed
in
connection
with
each
29
elementary
or
secondary
school
building
in
the
state
utilized
30
as
an
attendance
center.
The
bill
provides
that
the
board
31
shall
establish
by
rule
criteria
for
the
audits,
which
shall
32
include,
at
a
minimum,
an
inspection
of
the
school
building,
33
assessment
of
the
building’s
current
energy
efficiency,
and
34
recommendations
for
energy-efficient
upgrades
or
improvements.
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The
bill
requires
each
school
district
to
submit
to
the
1
board
a
list
of
school
buildings
located
within
the
district
2
by
September
1,
2015.
The
bill
provides
that
selection
of
one
3
or
more
entities
or
organizations
to
perform
the
audits,
and
4
a
proposed
timetable
for
the
performance
of
the
audits
and
5
submission
of
audit
results
to
the
board,
is
in
the
board’s
6
discretion.
The
bill
specifies
a
general
goal
of
completion
7
of
all
audits
by
January
1,
2017,
but
states
that
the
board
may
8
grant
extensions
of
time
in
the
board’s
discretion
upon
request
9
by
an
entity
performing
an
audit
or
a
school
district.
The
10
bill
provides
that
the
board
shall
review
audit
results
and
11
submit
a
status
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
January
1,
12
2016,
and
by
January
1
each
year
thereafter
until
all
audits
13
have
been
completed.
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