2009 Iowa Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Subtitle 4 - Energy
CHAPTER 473 - ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION
473.19A - BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT FUND.

        473.19A  BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT FUND.
         1.  The building energy management fund is created within the
      state treasury under the control of the office.  The fund shall be
      used for the operational expenses and administrative costs incurred
      by the office in facilitating and administering the building energy
      management program established in section 473.19.
         2.  The building energy management fund shall consist of amounts
      deposited into the fund or allocated from the following sources:
         a.  Any moneys awarded or allocated to the state, its
      citizens, or its political subdivisions as a result of the federal
      court decisions and United States department of energy settlements
      resulting from alleged violations of federal petroleum pricing
      regulations attributable to or contained within the Exxon fund.
      Amounts remaining in the oil overcharge account established in
      section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph "e", Code 2007, and the
      energy conservation trust established in section 473.11, Code 2007,
      as of June 30, 2008, shall be deposited into the building energy
      management fund pursuant to this paragraph, notwithstanding section
      8.60, subsection 15, Code 2007.
         b. (1)  Moneys received in the form of fees imposed upon the
      state, state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, school
      districts, area education agencies, community colleges, and nonprofit
      organizations for services performed or assistance rendered pursuant
      to the building energy management program.  Fees imposed pursuant to
      this paragraph shall be established by the office in an amount
      corresponding to the operational expenses or administrative costs
      incurred by the office in performing services or providing assistance
      authorized pursuant to the building energy management program, as
      follows:
         (a)  For a building of up to twenty-five thousand square feet, two
      thousand five hundred dollars.
         (b)  For a building in excess of twenty-five thousand square feet,
      an additional eight cents per square foot.
         (c)  A building that houses more energy intensive functions may be
      subject to a higher fee than the fees specified in subparagraph
      divisions (a) and (b) as determined by the office.
         (2)  Any fees imposed shall be retained by the office and are
      appropriated to the office for purposes of providing services or
      assistance under the program.
         c.  Moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any other
      moneys, including grants and gifts from government and nonprofit
      organizations, available to and obtained or accepted by the office
      for placement in the fund.
         d.  Moneys contained in the intermodal revolving loan fund
      administered by the department of transportation for the fiscal year
      beginning July 1, 2019, and succeeding fiscal years.
         e.  Moneys in the fund are not subject to section 8.33.
      Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the
      fund shall be credited to the fund.
         3.  The building energy management fund shall be limited to a
      maximum of one million dollars.  Amounts in excess of this maximum
      limitation shall be transferred to and deposited in the rebuild Iowa
      infrastructure fund created in section 8.57, subsection 6.  

         2008 Acts, ch 1126, §26, 33; 2009 Acts, ch 108, §34, 41
         Referred to in § 469.3, 473.19