House
File
605
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
605
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
216)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
energy
benchmarking
requirements
for
private
1
properties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
2521HV
(1)
90
js/ns
H.F.
605
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
103A.8D
Energy
benchmarking
1
requirements.
2
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“energy
benchmarking”
means
3
requiring
a
decrease
in
the
average
energy
use
of
a
property
or
4
requiring
the
average
energy
use
of
a
property
to
be
less
than
5
the
average
energy
use
of
a
similarly
situated
property.
The
6
commissioner
shall
not
require
energy
benchmarking
requirements
7
for
a
private
property.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
331.301,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
9
following
new
subsection:
10
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
22.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
11
“energy
benchmarking”
means
requiring
a
decrease
in
the
average
12
energy
use
of
a
property
or
requiring
the
average
energy
13
use
of
a
property
to
be
less
than
the
average
energy
use
of
14
a
similarly
situated
property.
A
county
shall
not
adopt
15
or
enforce
an
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
16
to
require
energy
benchmarking
requirements
for
a
private
17
property.
18
Sec.
3.
Section
414.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2023,
is
amended
19
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
20
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
g.
For
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
“energy
21
benchmarking”
means
requiring
a
decrease
in
the
average
energy
22
use
of
a
property
or
requiring
the
average
energy
use
of
a
23
property
to
be
less
than
the
average
energy
use
of
a
similarly
24
situated
property.
A
city
shall
not
adopt
or
enforce
an
25
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or
amendment
to
require
energy
26
benchmarking
requirements
for
a
private
property.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
prohibits
the
state
building
code
commissioner,
31
counties,
and
cities
from
requiring
energy
benchmarking
32
requirements
for
a
private
property.
The
bill
defines
“energy
33
benchmarking”
as
requiring
a
decrease
in
the
average
energy
use
34
of
a
property
or
requiring
the
average
energy
use
of
a
property
35
-1-
LSB
2521HV
(1)
90
js/ns
1/
2
H.F.
605
to
be
less
than
the
average
energy
use
of
a
similarly
situated
1
property.
2
-2-
LSB
2521HV
(1)
90
js/ns
2/
2