2006 Kansas Code - 66-1228

      66-1228.   Same; disclosures required on sale of new residence; exception. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the person building or selling a previously unoccupied new residential structure shall disclose to the buyer or a prospective buyer, upon request or prior to closing, information regarding the thermal efficiency of the structure on a form prepared and disseminated by the state corporation commission, which form shall be substantially as follows:

      This residence (mark one of the following):

      ______1.   Has been built to meet the energy efficiency standards of the International Energy Conservation Code 2003.

      ______2. Has received a Home Energy Rating score of 80 or greater when performed in accordance with the Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating System Accreditation Standard (June 15, 2002) by a rater certified and listed by the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET).

      ______ 3.   Has been built to include the following energy efficiency elements:

(1)   Insulation values (R-value of insulation installed) for each of the following:

      Ceiling with attic above R-value _____

      Cathedral ceiling R-value _____

      Opaque walls R-value _____

      Floors over unheated spaces R-value _____

      Floors over outside air R-value _____

Foundation type:

Slab-on-grade _____

Crawlspace _____

Basement and percent of basement walls underground _____

(2)   Thermal properties of windows and doors for each of the following:

Entry door(s) R-value _____

Sliding door(s) R-value _____

Other exterior doors R-value _____

Garage to house door R-value _____

Window U-value (determined from NFRC rating label or default table) _____

(3)   HVAC equipment efficiency levels:

Heating systems:

Gas fired forced air furnace AFUE rating _____

Electric heat pump HSPF rating _____

      Air conditioning systems:

Electric unit SEER rating _____

Electric heat pump EER rating _____

Ground source heat pump EER rating _____

Duct insulation levels: Insulation R-value of ducts outside envelope _____

      Thermostat:

Manual control type _____

Automatic set-back type _____

(4)   Water heating efficiency levels:

Water heater fuel type _____

Water heater capacity _____

NAECA energy factor _____"

      (b)   If a structure is subject to both the national manufactured housing construction and safety standards act (42 U.S.C. 5403) and the federal trade commission regulation on labeling and advertising of home insulation, 16 CFR section 460.16, both as in effect on the effective date of this act, the builder or seller may disclose, instead of the information required by subsection (a), the information regarding such structure that is required to be disclosed pursuant to such federal act and regulation.

      History:   L. 1997, ch. 132, § 18; L. 2003, ch. 86, § 2; July 1.