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Building Energy Authority and

Regulations Survey: State

Activity

Robert M. Eisenhard

Office of Building Standards and Codes Services

Center for Building Technology

Institute for Applied Technology

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

March 1976

Final Report

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Prepared for rgy Research and Development Administration

ision of Buildings and Industry

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1976

NBSIR 76-986

BUILDING ENERGY AUTHORITY AND

REGULATIONS SURVEY: STATE ACTIVITY

Robert M. Eisenhard

Office of Building Standards and Codes Services

Center for Building Technology

Institute for Applied Technology

National Bureau of Standards

Washington, D. C. 20234

March 1976

Final Report

Prepared for Energy Research and Development Administration

Division of Buildings and Industry

20 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20545

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Elliot L. Richardson, Secreury

James A. Baker, III, Under Secretary

Dr. Betsy Ancker-Johnson, Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Ernest Ambler, Acting Director

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Abstract 11

1. Introduction 1

2. Overview 1

3. Acknowledgments 3

4. Survey Results 6

Figure 1: State Authority to Regulate Building Energy Conservation 4

Table 1: Sunmary of State Building Energy Authority and Regulatory Status ... 5

Appendix I: State Offices Providing Legislative Reference Services 45

Appendix II: Next Scheduled State Legislative Sessions 47

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Abstract

This report provides the status of State authority to regulate energy use

in new buildings and the status of bills creating such authority that were

pending in the 1975 legislative session. Regulations that have been developed are identified and described. Legislation relating to solar energy,

retrofitting, insulation and other building energy matters, is identified

and the status indicated.

Keywords: authority; buildings; energy; legislation; regulations; State.

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BUILDING ENERGY AUTHORITY AND REGULATION SURVEY: STATE ACTIVITY

Robert M. Eisenhard

1. Introduction

There was considerable activity in 1975 in the State legislatures in

developing legislation that would help to insure energy conserving bui])dings

The status of enabling legislation and technical regulations has been

surveyed by verbal and written contacts with State Governor's offices,

building officials, energy officers, and legislative reference services.

This document summarizes the reported status of State building energy

regulatory authority and regulations as of November 25, 1975.

2 . Overview

States with authority to regulate utilization of energy

through design and construction of new buildings

As of November 1975, States with authority to regulate energy use through regulation of the design and construction of new buildings cover fifty-three percent of the United States population. Authority has been

granted through either statewide building code laws or through acts dealing

only with building energy conservation. In statewide building code laws,

authority may be granted specifically through wording in the law or by

administrative interpretation of the health, safety and welfare clauses

of these laws. Although local governments could regulate building energy

conservation where State authority does not exist, few local governments

have been reported as moving in this direction. The following 16 States

have statewide building code authority as a vehicle for energy regulation:

Connecticut North Carolina

Florida New Jersey

Idaho Ohio

Massachusetts Oregon

Michigan Rhode Island

Minnesota Virginia

Montana Washington

New Mexico Wisconsin

Indiana also has a statewide code, but authority for energy conservation is

not included in its enabling legislation.

Three States have energy authority separate from yratewide code authority;

Caiiforiiia New York

Nevada

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states considering or studying building energy authority

The legislature or a study committee is considering a statewide building

code law with energy authority in three States:

Illinois Kansas

Iowa

Three States are considering legislation in the energy area separate from

a statewide building code:

Pennsylvania Vermont

South Carolina

Most States without a statewide building code find it difficult to justify

and establish an additional administrative organization to regulate energy

in new building design and construction.

States with regulations adopted or under active consideration

Eight States have adopted building energy regulations:

California Ohio

Massachusetts-'- Oregon

Minnesota Virginia

North Carolina Wisconsin

Colorado, Georgia and Washington also have regulations of a limited nature.

Colorado's regulations apply to multi-family dwellings in jurisdictions that

do not have their own building code enforcement; Georgia's regulations are

an Appendix to a voluntary code; and Washington's regulations only apply to

buildings using electric heat. Connecticut has adopted regulations but the

effective date for their use has not been set due to requirements of a Legislative Committee review.

Nine States are considering regulations under present authority:

Florida New Jersey

Maryland New Mexico

Michigan New York

Montana Rhode Island

Nevada

Three States are considering additional regulations to those already

promulgated:

California Washington

North Carolina

Texas is developing regulations for State financed buildings that will be

available for voluntary adoption by cities.

Figure 1, on page 4, illustrates those States with building energy

authority (separate or in a mandatory building code) , voluntary statewide

''See footnote, page 24.

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codes including energy authority, pending energy authority, regulations

under consideration and regulations adopted.

A standard entitled, "Energy Conservation in New Building Design,"

was given final approval on August 11, 1975, by the American Society of

Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) . This

standard is referred to as ASHRAE 90-75. The National Conference of

States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS) requested that the

National Bureau of Standards develop such a standard in 1973. The National

Bureau of Standards developed the technical basis for this standard which

was delivered to NCSBCS in February 1974. This was turned over to ASHRAE for consensus processing and standards development. Although this standard

was published too late for substantial State action in 1975, many States

appear to have interest in adopting ASHRAE 90-75 or a subsequent American

National Standard as the basis for their regulations in the future. The

remainder of the States with existing authority indicates that they plan

to consider ASHRAE 90-75 or model code changes based on ASHRAE 90-75.

Officials from several States without present statewide authority to regulate building energy use also express interest in the ASHRAE Standard as

a basis for seeking authority or for recommending its use to local

governments

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A large number of solar energy and thermal insulation bills have been

introduced in State legislatures, most of which call for sales or property

tax exemption or lower assessments for fossil fuel saving improvements. The

data on date of introduction, committees to which the bills have been assigned,

as well as legislative outcome, are noted in this document.

In the bill status data presented. States are listed by alphabetical

order with population rank noted in parentheses following the State name.

3, Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank the State Delegate members of the National

Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, the Governor's Offices,

the State Energy Officers, and Legislative Reference Services personnel who

provided information and documentation. A special thanks is extended to the

Council of State Governments Energy Project and the National Conference of

State Legislatures for cooperation in sharing information on legislative

activity.

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TABLE 1 Summary of State Building Energy Authority and Regulatory Status

State

Bulldlne Energy Regulatory Authority Regulations Authority Being Considered

In Statewide

Code

in Separate

Law Promulgated

Under Con- sideration

by

Legislature

by Staff or

Study' Group ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKAN'SAS CALIFORNIA X X(i) X(r) COLORADO X(k) CONNECTICUT X

v/^\ X(p) DELAWARE FLORIDA X X GEORGIA X(n) HAWAII

IDAHO X ILLINOIS X INDIANA

IOWA X KANSAS X KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND X(n) X MASSACHUSETTS X(e) 1

MICHIGAN X X MINNESOTA X(d) X MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA X(a) X NEBRASKA

NEVADA X(o) X NEW HAMPSHIRE NtW JtHbtl A NEW MEXICO X

X NEW lOKK X(b) X X(c) NORTH CAROLINA X X(h) X(g) NORIH DAKOTA OHIO X(i) X(i) OKLAHOMA

OREGON X X(h) PENNSYLVANIA X RHODE ISLAND X X SOUTH CAROLINA X SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE

TEXAS X(r) UTAH

VERMONT X VIRGINIA X X

WASHINGTON X X(l) X WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN X X(m) WYOMING

(a) authority has been clarified by amendment

(b) authority to draft an energy conserving code

(c) authority to promulgate an energy conserving

code

(d) authority in separate law but regulations become a part of the state building code

(e) as amended

(f; residential buildings

(g) nonresidential buildings

See footnote, page 24.

(h)

(1) (j)

(k)

(1) (m)

(n)

(o)

(P)

(q)

(r)

single family and multi-family residential,

3 stories and under excluding 1, 2, & 3 family residential

excluding 1 & 2 family residential; rules suspended

multi-family and manufactured buildings

electric heat only

pending legislation would extend building regulatory authority to 1 & 2 family residential

and manufactured buildings

voluntary

minimum insulation standards approved but not yet effective

for residential over 3 stories and all other buildings

for State buildings but would be available for use by cities

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4. Survey Results

Page Pace

Alabama 8 Montana 28

Alaska 8 Nebraska 28

Arizona 8 Nevada 29

Arkansas 9 New Hampshire 29

California 9 New Jersey 30

Colorado 11 New Mexico 30

Connecticut 12 New York 31

Delaware 15 North Carolina 33

Florida 15 North Dakota

Georgia 17 Ohio 34

Hawaii 18 Oklahoma

Idaho 19 Orecon

Illinois 19 Pennsvlvania

Indiana 20 Rhode Island 38

Iowa 21 South Carolina 38

Kansas 22 South Dakota 38

Kentucky 22 Tennessee 39

Louisiana 22 Texas

Maine 23 Utah 40

Maryland 23 Vermont 40

Massachusetts 24 Virginia 41

Michigan 25 Washington 42

Minnesota 26 West Virginia 42

Mississippi 28 Wisconsin 43

Missouri 28 Wyoming 44

Key to Legislative Abbreviations

AB - Assembly Bill

SB - Senate Bill

HB - House Bill

SCR - Senate Concurrent Resolution

HCR - House Concurrent Resolution

HR - House Resolution

SR - Senate Resolution

SF - Senate File

HF - House File

SJR - Senate Joint Resolution

HJR - House Joint Resolution

Definitions

Generally, the following definitions are appropriate, but each State's use may differ slightly. Joint resolutions are processed similarly to bills

and become law in the same manner. The House or Senate designation indicates

the House of origin. Concurrent resolutions affect the operations of both

Houses and are not normally legislative in character. These concurrent

resolutions are used to express facts, principles, opinions and purposes of

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the two Houses. Upon passage, they are published but do not receive executive

action. Simple resolutions effect the operation of one House and are preceded by the designation of the House involved. If passed, they are published

in an appropriate document. Several States use the term file for bill.

Legislation inscribed in a box

has been enacted.

e.g. SB 1011 (Chapter 93)

Prefiled

Signed 5/22/75

Effective 9/12/75

Note: The information in the left columns under each State heading provides

the reported status of each bill. The right column provides an abstract.

Both status and abstracts have been reported by a number of sources and are provided as the best available to the author at the time of the report.

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ALABAMA (21)

No proposed or existing legislation related to building energy has been

reported.

ALASKA (50)

HB 368

Introducted 4/1/75

Connnittee: Finance

Pending

HB 368 provides for conservation of

energy in public facilities.

HB 429

Permitted to become law

without signature

Effective 7/3/75

HB 429 provides for life-cycle cost

analysis of public facilities.

ARIZONA (33)

SB 1231 (Chapter 165 of 1974 Laws)

Passed in 1974

SB 1231 allows any taxpayer who acquires

a solar energy device for the production of

heat or electricity to amortize its cost

over 60 months as a deduction in computing

his net taxable income.

SB 1321

Introduced 2/19/75

Committees: Rules; Agriculture;

Commerce and Labor

Died in Senate

SB 1011 (Chapter 93)

Prefiled

Signed 5/22/75

Effective 9/12/75

SB 1018 (Chapter 20)

Signed 5/8/75

Effective 5/8/75

SB 1321 authorizes the adoption of standards

and regulations for the use of thermal

products and devices in new industrial,

commercial, and residential construction.

It also provides that costs of thermal

improvements may be deducted from gross

income and that such improvements shall

not increase assessed evaluation of buildings

for taxation purposes.

SB 1011 provides tax amortization, based

on a sixty month period, for solar energy

devices.

SB 1018 establishes a solar energy research

commission.

^ Number in parentheses indicates population ranking.

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ARKANSAS (32)

No proposed or existing legislation related to building energy has been

reported.

CALIFORNIA (1)

California has authority to regulate energy conservation in all

types of new buildings. Residential regulations have been

promulgated along with an energy design manual. Non-residential

regulations continue to be under development in the Energy

Resources Conservation and Development Commission.

SB 277

Passed in 197A

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SB 144 I Passed in 1974 j

SB 510

1 Passed in 1974

1 SB 753

Passed in

AB 1575

Passed in 1974

SB 119 (Chapter 62)

Prefiled

Signed 5/4/75

Effective 5/4/75

SCS 55

Introduced 6/6/75

Committee: Energy and

Diminishing

Materials

In Committee

SB 277 authorizes energy regulations for

residential construction (Title 25,

Article 5, New Section 1094. These

regulations were effective February 22, 1975.)

SB 144 authorizes energy regulations

for non-residential buildings.'

SB 510 authorizes energy regulations for

mobile homes.

SB 753 provides for energy regulations

for State building and school construction.

Regulations are to be implemented by

the Office of the State Architect.

AB 1575 establishes a State Energy Resources

Conservation and Development Commission which

will ultimately have power to regulate and

adopt standards for residential and non-residential construction.'

SB 119 transfers authority to develop

non-residential building energy standards and

regulations to the Department of Housing and

Community Development .

SCR 55 provides for solar energy demonstration

projects.

^Development of non-residential building energy regulations authorized by

SB 144 was begun by the Department of Housing and Community Development.

This authority was transferred to the State Energy Resources Conservation

and Development Commission by AB 1575 effective 1/7/75. SB 119 transferred

this authority back to the Department of Housing and Community Development

but provided for transfer back to the Commission within 30 days of adoption

of a resolution, by the Commission, providing for such a transfer. This has

taken place and rules are currently under development by the Commission.

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CALIFORNIA (continued)

AB 1265

Introduced 3/20/75

Committee: Energy and

Diminishing

Materials

Signed 9/30/75

SB 214

Introduced 1/14/75

Died on Floor

AB 1265 permits any electric or gas corporation

to institute a home insulation assistance and

financing program.

SB 214 and companion AB 724 would require

insulation of residential attic spaces to meet

or exceed energy standards before a change in

real estate title can be recorded.

AB 724

Introduced 2/6/75

Committee: Housing and

Community

Development

Postponed

SB 218

Introduced 1/14/75

Committee: Finance

Postponed

AB 13

Introduced 1/14/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Suspended

SB 215

Introduced 1/9/75

Inactive file

AB 774

Introduced 2/11/75

Committee: Energy and

Diminishing

Materials

Passed House

In Senate Public

Utilities Committee

See above.

SB 218 provides for a personal income tax

deduction over a 60-month period for solar

energy devices.

AB 13 exempts from property taxation all or any

portion of property which is used as a solar

energy system.

SB 215 exempts from property taxation any

equipment which is part of a solar energy

system.

AB 774 requires Energy Resources Conservation

and Development Commission to submit

recommendations by January, 1976, for standards

covering equipment utilizing solar energy for

heating and cooling. Standards to be effective

July, 1976.

SB 428

Introduced 2/17/75

Postponed

SB 429

Introduced 2/17/75

Postponed

SB 562

Introduced 3/10/75

Csincelled by Sponsor

SB 428 establishes authority to develop

standards and designs for experimental housing

utilizing solar energy for heating and cooling.

SB 429 provides for a solar energy demonstration

project.

SB 562 exempts gross receipts from sale, storage

or use of solar energy equipment, from sales

and use taxes.

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CALIFORNIA (continued)

SB 578

Introduced 3/11/75

Committee: Local Government

No Action

AB 1131

Introduced 5/12/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Held in Suspense file

SB 894

Introduced 4/10/75

Committee: Revenue and

Taxation

Amended 5/12/75

No Action

SB 578 prohibits building permits for

construction of single-family dwellings unless

plumbing is designed to facilitate future

installation of solar water heating equipment.

AB 1131 authorizes a solar energy development

project with an appropriation of $10 million

as matching funds for the Solar Heating and

Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974.

SB 894 authorizes a deduction from the

assessed value of a taxpayer's real property

for the installation of a solar heating or cooling system.

COLORADO (29)

Colorado has existing regulations covering building energy

conservation which apply to multi-family dwellings (2 family

and over), hotels, and motels in all jurisdictions without

building code departments.

HB 1002

Introduced 1/8/75

Committees: Transportation and

Energy;

Appropriations

Passed House 3/4/75

Postponed indefinitely by Senate

Wildlife Parks, Natural Resources

and Energy Committee 6/19/75

HB 1009

Introduced 1/9/75

Committees: Transportation and

Energy;

Appropriations

Passed House 3/6/75; not reported

favorably by Senate Wildlife,

Natural Resources and Energy

Committee 5/31/75

HB 1002 provides that the State Housing

Board adopt thermal insulation regulations for

residential buildings and that local adoption

and enforcement of regulations be no less

stringent than State regulations.

HB 1009 provides that the State Industrial

Commission adopt thermal insulation regulations

for industrial and commercial structures and

that local governments adopt and enforce no less stringent regulations.

HB 1010

Introduced 1/8/75

Committees: Transportation and

Energy;

Appropriations

Postponed indefinitely by

House Appropriations

Committee 6/17/75

HB 1010 provides tax credit against property

tax for a percentage of the cost of

improvements to a residence when improvements

reduce the amount of energy required to heat

or cool such residence.

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COLORADO (continued)

SB 95 ! Signed 7/18/75 j Effective 7/18/75 |

SB 75

Signed lllh/15

Effective 7/1/75

HB 1625

Introduced "hllkllb

Coiranlttee: Transportation

Died In Connnlttee

SB 95 provides for the creation of solar

easements and their conveyance and

recordation.

SB 75 provides that assessment of all

solar heating or cooling devices attached

to or a part of any building improvement

shall be at an amount equal to five percent

of the actual value. Applies to tax year

beginning January 1, 1976.

HB 1625 directs the Colorado Housing Finance

Authority to provide financing through bond

issues for housing utilizing solar energy.

SB 37

Introduced 1/8/75

Committee: Game, Fish and

Parks (House)

Postponed indefinitely 6/19/75

SB 37 provides funding for an Institute to

research and develop solar energy and to

initiate a solar demonstration program. The

bill specifically provides for solar energy

system installation in a variety of single and

multiple family dwellings, differing as to

construction, size, age, thermal quality or quanlty of Insulation and conventional heating

equipment. The Institute is limited to paying

50% of the total cost or $1500 whichever is

less, of the installation cost of these

demonstrations

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CONNECTICUT (24)

Connecticut has a statewide building code. Energy regulations have

been approved by the State Building Code Standards Committee and the

State Building Inspector. No effective date has been set, however,

since all rules and regulations must go through a legislative review

process which has not been completed. ASHRAE 90-75 may be used in the

future.

HB 7488

Committee: Regulated Activities

Incorporated into SB 1078 which

died in Committee

HB 7504

Committee: Environment

Incorporated in SB 1078 which

died in Committee

SB 491

Introduced 1/29/75

Committee: Regulated Activities

Died in Committee

HB 7488 requires energy Impact statements

for new commercial or industrial buildings

be submitted to the building official.

HB 7504 requires the State Building Code

Standards Committee to amend the State

Building Code to incorporate energy

conservation standards.

SB 491 requires that life-cycle cost analysis

be provided for proposed State funded building

projects and that these cost analyses be

approved by the Commissioner of Public Works.

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CONNECTICUT (continued)

HB 6146

Introduced 1/29/75

Committee: Finance

Died in Committee

SB 351

Introduced lH'^llb

Committee: Regulated Activities

Incorporated into SB 1078 which

died in Committee

SB 794

Committee: General Law

Died in Committee

SB 1096

Introduced 2/11/75

Committee: State and Urban

Development

Died in Committee

HB 8495

Introduced 4/7/75

Committee: State and Urban

Development

Died in Committee

HB 5042

Introduced 1/10/75

Committee: Environment

Died in Committee

HB 6451

Introduced 2/4/75

Committee: Regulated Activities

Incorporated in SB 1078 which

died in Committee

HB 6444

Introduced 2/7/75

Committee: Regulated Activities

Incorporated in SB 1078 which

died in Committee

SB 488

Introduced 1/29/75

Committee: Regulated Activities

Died in Committee

HB 6146 provides that home insulation materials

will be exempt from sales tax.

SB 351 requires the State Building Code

Standards Committee to report to the General

Assembly on the inclusion of solar energy

systems in the State Building Code; on standards for solar energy systems; and, the

review of State and municipal buildings in

utilizing solar energy.

SB 794 provides for the State to pay the

building owner two hundred dollars for each

dwelling unit equipped with a heat pump.

SB 1096 requires the State Building Code

Standards Committee to adopt stronger

provisions for insulation of new homes and

buildings

.

HB 8495 provides for noise emission and energy

conservation standards in building

construction.

HB 5042 directs the State Building Code

Standards Committee to investigate the

feasibility of establishing standards for

incorporation into the State Building Code to

achieve climate control with minimum consumption

of energy for new buildings and for alterations

to existing buildings.

HB 6451 requires that no new mobile home may

be sold in the State unless it meets minimum

heat transmission standards.

HB 6444 requires that each building permit

application for a new structure include a Certificate of Compliance by a registered

architect or registered engineer that the

design of the structure does not exceed the

maximum energy consumption standards.

SB 488 provides financial assistance to

producers of solar energy devices.

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CONNECTICUT (continued)

SB 412

Introduced 1/29/75

Conunittee: Finance

Incorporated into SB 348 which

died in Committee

SB 414

Introduced 1/29/75

Committee: Finance

Incorporated into SB 348 which

died in Committee

SB 412 provides for local property tax

exemption for solar heating and solar electric

generating equipment.

SB 414 provides a sales tax exemption for solar

heating and solar electric generating equipment,

SB 348

Introduced 1/29/75

Committee: Regulated Activities

Died in Committee

SB 348 provides for sales and property tax

exemption for solar energy systems used in

buildings.

SB 441

Introduced 1/29/75

Committee: Finance

Incorporated in SB 348 which

died in Committee

SB 441 provides tax exemptions for solar energy

devices.

SB 445

Introduced 1/29/75

Committee: Finance

Died in Committee

SB 445 eliminates sales tax on insulation

material.

HB 7208

Introduced 2/5/75

Committee: General Laws

Died in Committee

HB 7208 requires improvement of the quality and

quantity of insulation used in buildings to conserve energy.

HB 5048

Introduced 1/8/75

Committee: Environment

Died in Committee

HB 5048 allows a deduction in property tax

assessment for installation of solar energy

systems

.

HB 5236

Introduced 1/10/75

Committee: Finance

Incorporated into SB 348 which

died in Committee

HB 5873

Introduced 1/27/75

Committee: Regulated Activities

Incorporated into SB 348 which

died in Committee

HB 5236 encourages installation of solar energy

systems by allowing a deduction from assessed

value equal to the increase in value due to the

installation of such systems.

HB 5873 provides a tax exemption for solar

energy and wind-electric generation devices.

HB 7653

Introduced 2/6/75

Committee: Regulated Activities

Died in Committee

HB 7653 concerns solar energy as an innovative

alternative for heating.

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CONNECTICUT (continued)

CB 5497^

Incorporated into HB 6012 which

Died in Joint Committee on Public Health and Safety

SB 1078

Referred to Appropriations

Committee 2/7/75

Died in Committee

CB 5497 allows a tax credit in any income year

equal to 5 percent of the amount of expenditures

paid or incurred in that year for (a) research

in the development of solar energy or (b)

production of solar or other alternative energy

systems

.

SB 1078 directs the State Building Code

Standards Committee to examine the State

Building Code and provide for revisions that

would promote the conservation of Energy.

Findings and recommendations are to be

reported to the General Assembly.

HB 7666

Introduced 2/6/75

Incorporated into SB 348 which

Died in Committee

HB 7666 allows an exemption in property tax

assessment for buildings using solar energy

systems

.

SB 1079

Introduced 2/7/75

Committee: Regulated Activities

Died in Committee

CB 347?

Died in Committee

SB 1079 concerns development of alternative

methods of energy production.

CB 347 appropriates $100,000 to establish a program to advance research and development in

solar energy with emphasis on space and water

heating.

DELAWARE (46)

HR 102

Introduced 6/30/75

Adopted 6/30/75

Effective 6/30/75

HR 102 requests Delaware Society of

Professional Engineers to make a study

relating to more efficient use of space

heating and cooling equipment within

all State-owned buildings.

FLORIDA (9)

The Florida Building Codes Act of 1974 includes energy conservation

authority. Codes and regulations must be prepared for the 1976

legislative session opening in April of 1976. Effective date of the

building code will be January 1, 1977. ASHRAE 90-75 has been adopted

as the possible framework for developing energy conservation guidelines

with modifications and deletions if necessary.

^Connecticut has a proposed bill system whereby a committee evaluates brief

proposed bills and may develop full form drafts for further consideration.

Bills developed in this manner are Committee Bills (CB)

.

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FLORIDA (continued)

HB 763

Prefiled

Committee: Government Operations

Prefiled for 1976 Session

SB 446

Introduced 4/16/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 772

Prefiled

Prefiled for 1976 Session

SB 464

Introduced 4/17/75

Committee: Commerce

Died in Committee

SB 469

Introduced 4/17/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 763 directs the Department of General

Services to establish regulations for the

implementation of energy conservation programs

in public buildings.

SB 446 authorizes rules and regulations for the

implementation of energy conservation programs

in public buildings.

HB 772 amends the Florida Energy Conservation

in Buildings Act of 1974, requiring the

analysis of energy life-cycle cost to be

carried out in existing State-owned facilities.

SB 464 requires cities and counties to adopt

the uniform minimum standards and regulations

of the Standard Building Code for insulation of new buildings.

SB 469 appropriates $10,000 to perform energy

life-cycle cost analyses on selected Stateowned facilities.

HB 1089

Prefiled

Prefiled for 1976 Session

SB 460

Introduced 4/17/75

Committee: Commerce

Died in Committee

HB 1089 directs the Department of Education to

plan a pilot program for utilization of solar

energy in public schools either in the

construction of new buildings or in the

conversion of existing buildings.

SB 460 authorizes the Board of Regents of the

Florida Solar Energy Center to set standards

for solar energy systems.

SB 445

Introduced 4/16/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

SB 445 exempts solar energy systems for

heating or cooling from sales tax.

SB 455

Introduced 4/17/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HCR 730

Prefiled

Committee: Growth and Energy

Died in Committee

HB 2085

Introduced 5/7/75

Committee: Growth and Energy

Prefiled for 1976 Session

SB 455 provides that installation of a solar

energy system in a building shall not cause

the increase in the assessed property value_ to

be greater than the salvage value of the system

HCR 730 creates a joint select legislative

committee on solar energy to study and report

on the potential use and application of solar

energy.

HB 2085 calls for a definitive statement on

the correlative rights of adjoining

landowners with respect to solar radiation.

It proposes that a committee of the House of

Representatives study the problems.

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FLORIDA (continued)

SB 158 (Chapter 74-361)

(Now Section 553.87 of the

Florida Statutes)

Passed in 1974

Effective 10/1/74

SB 453

Introduced 4/8/75

Committee: Commerce

Died in Committee

SB 158 provides that no single family residence

shall be constructed in the State unless the

plumbing is designed to facilitate the future

installation of solar water heating equipment.

SB 453 provides for consumer protection in

relation to energy conservation.

HB 410

Introduced 4/8/75

Prefiled for 1976 Session

HB 410 exempts solar energy systems and com- ponents from the sales and use tax and exempts

corporate income from the sale, manufacture

or installation of solar systems from corporate income taxes. Systems would be required

to meet State standards.

HB 447

Introduced 4/8/75

Prefiled for 1976 Session

HB 777

Introduced 4/8/75

Prefiled for 1976 Session

HB 447 establishes sales tax exemptions for

solar water heaters and other appliances

powered by solar energy.

HB 777 exempts solar energy systems and

components from sales tax.

HB 776

Introduced 4/8/75

Prefiled for 1976 Session

HB 776 directs the Florida Solar Energy Center

to set standards for solar energy systems

manufactured or sold in Florida. The Center

also would conduct testing of systems for a fee sufficient to cover the costs of testing.

GEORGIA (15)

Georgia has voluntary statewide code authority. The code promulgated under this authority contains energy elements in its

Appendix 1, Thermal Performance.

HB 1174

Introduced 3/12/75

Committee: Industry

Pending as of 11/13/75

HB 1174 requires public utilities to provide

single meter, single account service to

residents when metering equipment can be

installed.

HB 1176

Introduced 3/12/75

Committee: Industry

Pending as of 11/13/75

HB 1176 is similar to HB 1174,

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HAWAII (40)

SB 61

Introduced 1/21/75

Committee: Energy

Held over to 1976 Session

SB 61 allows a tax deduction with respect to

the amortization of the amortizable base of

any certified new energy saving facility.

SB 62

Introduced 1/21/75

Committee: Energy

Held over to 1976 Session

SB 62 proposes to exempt any new energy

saving facility from gross proceed and

tangible personal property taxes.

HB 832

Introduced 2/11/75

Committee: Energy and Transportation

Held over to 1976 Session

HB 1227

Introduced 2/27/75

Committee: Energy and

Transportation

Held over to 1976 Session

HB 1532

Introduced 3/3/75

Committee: Labor and Public

Employment

Held over to 1976 Session

HB 832 would require that all bids for public

building construction show solar systems and

devices as well as conventional systems, along

with the respective initial costs and estimated

energy cost savings over a 5-year period

resulting from the use of the solar system as opposed to the conventional system.

HB 1227 establishes a real property tax

exemption for a period of five years to

encourage the use of solar energy for water

heating which is installed on property owned

and occupied as a home.

HB 1532 provides for periodic deductions from

income tax for incurring certain expenses to

convert to solar energy systems.

HB 1543

Introduced 2/27/75

Committee: Energy and

Transportation

Held over to 1976 Session

HB 1543 provides funds for alternate energy

sources.

HB 1605

Introduced 3/3/75

Committee: Finance

Held over to 1976 Session

SB 1586

Introduced 2/28/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Held over to 1976 Session

HB 1605 and companion SB 1586 provide $1,787,000

for funding of applications and demonstrations,

and research and energy programs directed toward

the development and utilization of alternate

energy sources.

See above.

HB 1545

Introduced 2/27/75

Committee: Energy and

Transportation

Held over to 1976 Session

HB 1545 provides funds to develop means for

containing current energy use to prevent

total depletion of energy resources.

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IDAHO (42)

Idaho has a statewide building code law passed in 1975.

SB 1013 (Chapter 180) SB 1013 provides for the adoption of statewide

Signed 3/27/75 building codes including the Uniform Building

Effective 7/1/75 Code. It also provides for adoption of new

standards other than those specified in the

law.

ILLINOIS (5)

The Illinois Capitol Development Board has issued an Energy

Conservation Guide for the construction of State funded

buildings.

HB 164 (Public Act 79-943)

Introduced 1/14/75

Signed 9/11/75

Effective 10/1/75

SB 1066

Introduced 4/11/75

Passed by legislature

Vetoed by Governor 9/5/75

SB 602

Introduced 4/8/75

Committees: Agriculture,

Conservation,

and Energy

Passed Senate, tabled in

House

HB 164 provides for an exemption of up to

$2,000 from the valuation of real property for

installation of solar heating or cooling

systems.

SB 1066 provides that assessment of property

equipped with a solar energy heating or cooling

system shall be based on economic productivity

to their owner as determined by conventional

heating or cooling systems of comparable

capacity.

SB 602 requires the Illinois Commerce

Commission to establish minimum standards and

to specify procedures for enforcement

concerning the insulation of all classes of new buildings to be heated or cooled. Also

requires the Commission to explore, and if

feasible, establish voluntary guidelines for all

classes of existing buildings which are heated or cooled.

SB 1449

Introduced 4/12/75

Committees: Public Welfare and

Corrections

In Committee as of 11/18/75

HB 2863

Introduced 4/12/75

Committee: Environment

and Energy

Tabled for interim study by

the House

SB 1449 creates a State Building Code Council

in the Department of Local Government Affairs

and requires the Council to promulgate a State

Building Construction Code.

HB 2863 creates in the Division of Energy,

Department of Business and Economic

Development, the authority to establish energy

conservation requirements applicable to new construction throughout the State.

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ILLINOIS (continued)

HB 2885

Introduced 4/12/75

Died in Senate

HB 1515 (Companion to SB 602)

Introduced 4/9/75

Committee: Environment

and Energy

Passed House, tabled by

Senate Committee

HB 1704

Introduced 4/9/75

Passed by legislature

Vetoed by Governor 9/5/75

HB 2885 creates a Division of Solar Energy

and a solar energy coordinator in the Department of Business and Economic Development.

HB 1515 requires the Illinois Commerce

Commission to adopt rules establishing minimum

insulation standards for new buildings and

requires compliance with these standards

before the connection of natural gas or electric

service.

HB 1704 amends the Coal Development Bond Act

to authorize an additional $10,000,000 for

research and development of other forms of

energy, including solar and wind energy.

INDIANA (11)

Indiana has a statewide building code law, but building energy

utilization authority is not specifically identified. The Administrative Building Council is requesting legislative authority for building

energy conservation again in the 1976 legislative session. If authority

is provided they will consider some form of ASHRAE 90-75.

SB 223 (Public Law 15)

Passed in 1974

SB 223 allows for an annual deduction from

assessed valuati^jfi of real property the lesser

of: (1) the difference between the assessed

vtaluation with solar system and the assessed

valuation without the system; or (2) $2,000.

HB 1140

Introduced 1/9/75

Committee: Public Policy and

Veterans Affairs

Died in Senate Government

Affairs Committee

HB 1140 expands the authority of the Administrative Building Council under the statewide

building code law to public buildings and would

permit issuance of regulations regarding

conservation of energy.

HB 1874

Introduced 1/31/75

Committee: Ways and Means

In Committee

HB 1874 allows an income tax deduction equal

to the cost of insulation plus installation

charges, to an individual who insulates his

home

.

SB 260

Introduced 1/15/75

Committee: Finance

Passed House

Referred to Senate

SB 260 extends a tax deduction for real property

equipped with a solar heating or cooling

system, to property equipped with a system

powered by any non-fossil fuel.

HB 1566

Introduced 1/23/75

Committee: Public Policy

Passed House

Referred to Senate

HB 1566 prohibits utility rates which

encourage energy consumption.

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IOWA (25)^

SF 292

Introduced 3/10/75

Committee: State Government

HF 507

Introduced hlXlll

Committee: Ways and Means

HF 719

Introduced A/14/75

Committee: Energy

HF 722

Introduced kl\kll5

Committee: Appropriations

HF 533

Introduced h/lpS

Committee: Energy

HF 409

Introduced l/dllb

Committee: Ways and Means

HF 65

Introduced 1/27/75

Committee: Energy

SF 215

Introduced 2/24/75

Signed 7/11/75

Effective 8/15/75

HF 468

Introduced 3/24/75

Committee: Ways and Means

SF 292 is a statewide building code bill

which includes energy conservation

authority.

HF 507 provides a limited exemption not to

exceed $6,000 of actual value from property

taxation for a solar energy unit, applicable

for a period of 10 years.

HF 719 provides a limited exemption from

taxation for property used to convert solar,

wind or water energy into mechanical,

electrical, or heat energy.

HF 722 appropriates $200,000 for development of a demonstration solar energy unit

in the statehouse complex.

HF 533 allows a property tax exemption for

property used to conserve fuel or non renewable fuel resources.

HF 409 provides a limited property tax

exemption for property used to convert solar

energy.

HF 65 appropriates $200,000 from the general

fund for a demonstration solar energy unit

in conjunction with a system furnishing

power to the statehouse complex.

SF 215 requires energy council to set

energy efficiency standards for commercial

and industrial buildings.

HF 468 exempts storm windows, siding,

insulation, reflective window glass,

and solar energy systems and installation

from sales and use taxes.

HF 539

Introduced 4/2/75

Committee: Energy

SF 440

Introduced 4/14/75

Committee: Judicial and Law

Enforcement

HF 539 provides for the establishment of

the maximum amounts of energy which may be

consumed by various types of residential,

commercial and public buildings.

SF 440 provides an income tax credit for

proper insulation of buildings.

Iowa Bills that have not received final action carry over to the next Session

convening 1/12/76.

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KANSAS (28)

The Kansas Building Code Study Committee is finalizing a report to

the legislature that recommends legislation for a statewide building

code which includes energy authority. Also a bill is proposed for 1976

(Proposal No. 62) that establishes Section 4 of ASHRAE 90-75 as a minimum design criteria for new buildings or major reconstructions.

Senate Concurrent

Resolution No. 2 (SCR 2)

Introduced 1/14/75

Committee: Conservation and

Natural Resources

Not adopted; assigned as an interim study

SCR 2 requests the Director of Architectural

Services to study and report to the

Legislative Coordinating Council on recommendations concerning standards for

energy use and insulation of buildings.

HB 2375

Introduced 2/17/75

Committee: Assessment and

Taxation

Carried over to 1976 Session

HB 2375 provides ad valorem tax credits to

homeowners whose homes meet minimum

insulation standards.

KENTUCKY (23)

Kentucky did not have a legislative session in 1975,

LOUISIANA (20)

SB 299

Introduced 5/1/75

Committee: Judiciary

Died in Committee

HB 1285

Introduced 5/5/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

SB 299 establishes statewide building code

authority.

HB 1285 provides for a tax rebate for

individuals who insulate their homes.

HB 1286

Introduced 5/5/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 1411

Introduced 5/5/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 1439

Introduced 5/5/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 1286 makes cetain energy saving improvements

on commercial buildings eligible for accelerated

tax depreciation.

HB 1411 exempts any energy saving improvement

made to a residential or commercial building

from ad valorem tax.

HB 1439 provides credit against individual net

income tax for expenses for energy-saving

devices in residences.

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LOUISIANA (continued)

HB 1462

Introduced 5/5/15

Conunittee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 1462 exempts amount paid for any energy

saving improvement from sales tax.

HB 1410

Introduced 5/5/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 1410 provides credit against income tax

payable for heating and/or cooling of certain

buildings with solar energy.

MAINE (38)

Bureau of Public Improvements has responsibility for all State buildings,

including schools, and has issued a directive on energy conservation

measures.

SB 56 (LD 125)1

Introduced 1/7/75

Committee: Taxation

Died

SB 402 (LD 1171)

Introduced 3/20/75

Committee: Taxation

Died

SB 461 (LD 1514)

Introduced 4/7/75

Committee: Energy

Withdrawn by Sponsor

HB 603 (LD 746)

Introduced 2/21/75

Committee: Energy

Withdrawn by Sponsor

SB 56 and SB 402 exempt solar or wind power

facilities from sales tax.

SB 461 exempts certain energy conserving

building construction materials from

taxation.

HB 603 concerns loans made by savings banks

for housing meeting energy conservation

standards.

^Maine provides a legislative document (LD) number for each bill.

MARYLAND (17)

Maryland has the authority to promote efficient utilization of

energy resources through the Model Performance Building Code.

The State plans to adopt ASHRAE 90-75 as part of their voluntary

code.

HB 539 (Chapter 95)

Signed 3/28/74

Effective 7/1/74

HB 1604 (Chapter 509)

Introduced 3/3/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Signed 4/22/75

Effective 7/1/75

HB 539 authorizes the expansion of the Model

Performance Building Code to include

promotion of efficient utilization of energy

resources

.

HB 1604 provides that solar heating and

cooling units in existing or newly constructed

buildings shall be assessed at no more

than the value of a conventional heating and

cooling unit necessary to serve the building.

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MARYLAND (continued)

HB 506

Introduced 1/30/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 506 encourages the use of solar energy

systems, and excludes certain costs from

taxes

.

SB 520

Introduced 2/13/75

Committee: Budget and Taxation

Died in Committee

SB 520 encourages use of solar energy by

providing tax exemptions.

HB 1007

Introduced 2/2A/75

Committee: Environmental Matters

Died in Committee

HB 1093

Introduced 2/26/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 626

Introduced 2/6/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 1007 provides that all new structures

deriving energy from fossil fuels must

comply with ASHRAE 90P (i.e. ASHRAE 90-75)

and be so certified by a registered professional

engineer or a registered architect.

HB 1093 provides that individuals who install

solar stored energy systems in residential

dwellings may subtract certain costs from

gross income for State income tax purposes.

HB 626 provides that any person who installs

a solar collector in a building shall be

eligible to receive a $2,000 deduction from

the assessed evaluation of the property.

MASSACHUSETTS (10)

Massachusetts has building energy conservation authority in its

statewide code law, as amended. The State Building Code Commission

has adopted ASHRAE 90-75 effective January 1, 1976.1

HB 3585

Introduced 1/2/75

Died in the House

HB 3585 provides for an income tax exemption

with respect to repairs and improvements of

residences for energy conservation purposes.

HB 3586

Introduced 2/2/75

Committee: Taxation

Died in the House

HB 3586 provided for a sales tax reimbursement

for energy conserving repairs and improvements

of residences.

SB 1366

Prefiled • Committee: Taxation

Merged into HB 6295

SB 1366 provides exemption of property from

taxation where solar energy is used.

SB 1385

Prefiled Committee:

Committee: Taxation

Merged into HB 6295

SB 1385 provides economic incentives for

installation of solar and wind-powered devices

for climate control.

SB 1971 SB 1971 provides for a property tax abatement

Introduced 6/18/75 for the installation of solar and wind-powered

Committee: Ways and Means energy systems.

In Committee as of 11/17/75

Hlassachusetts had adopted ASHRAE 90-75 effective January 1, 1976 for all buildings but

on December 23, 1975 the State Building Code Commission placed an indefinite moratorium

on that action.

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MASSACHUSETTS (continued)

HB 5650

Introduced 3/19/75

Connnittee: Urban Affairs

Defeated in House

HB 1971 later SB 1783 (Chapter 33)

Pref iled

Committee: Natural Resources and

Agriculture

Signed 6/10/75

Effective 6/10/75

SB 1312

Pref iled

Committee: State Administration

Died 3/31/75

SB 1A07

Pref iled

Committee: Taxation

In Committee as of 11/17/75

HB 5650 provides requirements for more efficient

utilization of energy in new residential,

commercial and public buildings.

HB 1971 and companion bill SB 1312 mandates

filing an energy impact statement for all

State buildings.

See above.

SB 1407 provides for an income tax credit for

installation of solar heating equipment in a home.

HB 6730

Introduced 10/20/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 6813 (Chapter 734)

Introduced 11/24/75

Committee: Ways and Means

HB 6730 provides for a property tax abatement

for the installation of solar energy or windpowered heating, cooling or other systems.

HB 6813 provides for a property tax exemption

for solar or wind-powered systems.

MICHIGAN (7)

Michigan has building energy conservation authority in its

statewide code law. It has been reported that the

Construction Code Commission may adopt ASHRAE 90-75 by

reference. Implementation is possible in Fall of 1976.

HB 4137

Introduced 1/28/75

Committee: Taxation

Passed House

In Senate Taxation

Committee 11/18/75

HB 4138

Introduced 1/28/75

Committee: Taxation

Passed House

In Senate Taxation

Committee 11/18/75

Hearings 11/18/75

HB 4598

Introduced 3/13/75

Committee: Appropriations

In Committee as of 11/18/75

HB 4137 provides that tangible property, used

in new construction or for converting residential

or commercial property from conventional systems

for heating and cooling to a solar energy

system, be exempt from sales tax.

HB 4138 is similar to HB 4137 but applies to

exemption from use tax.

HB 4598 appropriates building project funds to

include 5-year plan for a minimum number of

buildings incorporating solar heating and

cooling systems.

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MICHIGAN (continued)

HB 5206

Introduced 5/15/75

Committee: Appropriations

In Committee as of 11/18/75

HB A139

Introduced 1/28/75

Committee: Taxation

Passed House

In Senate Taxation

Committee 11/18/75

HB 5206 requires the Department of Management

and Budget and the Public Service Commission

to jointly promulgate and develop energy

conservation guidelines for leased or contracted State buildings.

HB 4139 is similar to HB 4137 but applies to

exemption from ad valorem taxes. The

exemption would not apply to property intended

for sale.

HB 4241

Introduced 2/6/75

Committee: Public Utilities

Referred to the Appropriations

Committee

HR 129

Signed 7/2/75

Effective 7/2/75

HB 4241 creates a 6 member Solar Energy

Coordinating Council in the Department of

Commerce to study the feasibility and

statewide use of solar heating and cooling.

This bill directs the Council to determine

performance criteria for use and suitability of

residential solar systems.

HR 129 creates a special committee of the

House to study the feasibility of statewide

use of solar heating and cooling systems.

SB 1175

Introduced 10/30/75

Committee: State Affairs

SB 1175 requires that all governmental

facilities, of a certain size which will

require significant energy demand, be

considered on an initial cost and a lifecycle cost basis.

MINNESOTA (19)

The Building Code Division is authorized to establish "energy

conservation standards for the design, evaluation, construction

or reconstruction of new buildings, and remodeling." Regulations

titled "Design and Evaluation Criteria for Energy Conservation

in New Buildings, Additions and Remodeled Elements of Buildings" were filed July 30, 1975 and will be effective January 30, 1976.

HF 923 (Chapter 65)

Introduced 3/13/75

Committee: Environment and

Natural Resources

Signed 4/30/75

Effective 5/1/75

SF 1042

Introduced 3/20/75

Committee: Government Operations

HF 923 and the companion bill SF 1042

provide an extension of time for the promulgation of building energy design standards

to August 1, 1975.

See above.

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MINNESOTA (continued)

HF 85

Introduced \ll<dll5

Committee: Taxes and Tax Laws

In Committee as of 11/11115 ^

SF 281

Introduced 2/6/75

Committee: Taxes and Tax laws

In Committee as of 11/17/75

HF 85 allows for an annual deduction from

assessed valuation of real property the lesser

of: (1) the difference between the assessed

valuation with solar system and the assessed

valuation without the system; or (2) $2,000.

SF 281 is a companion bill to HF 85 above.

HF 1385

Introduced 4/7/75

Committee: Government Operations

In Committee as of 11/17/75

HF 1385 authorizes the Housing Finance Agency

to make loans to owners of residential dwellings

built before 1965 for installation of insulation,

SF 1255

Introduced 3/31/75

Committee: Taxes and Tax Laws

In Committee as of 11/17/75

SF 1255 allows for an annual deduction from

assessed valuation of real property the lesser

of : (1) the difference between the assessed

valuation with solar system and the assessed

valuation without the system; or (2) $2,000.

HF 1278

Introduced 3/31/75

Committee: Taxes and Tax Laws

In Committee as of 11/17/75

SF 1345

Introduced 4/7/75

Committee: Taxes and Tax Laws

In Committee as of 11/17/75

HF 1278 authorizes deduction of expenses incurred

in equipping a single-family residence with a solar energy heating or cooling unit, limited

to $800,00 a year with a carry forward of

4 years

.

SF 1345 provides a maximum $25 credit yearly

toward the cost of energy conserving improvements to residential property.

SF 743 and HF 972

Introduced 3/6/75

Committee: Taxes and Tax Laws

In Committee as of 11/17/75

SF 425 and HF 377

Introduced 2/13/75

Committee: Taxes and Tax Laws

In Committee as of 11/17/75

SF 70

Introduced 1/20/75

Committee: Taxes and Tax Laws

In Committee as of 11/17/75

SF 743 and companion bill HF 972 exempts from

property taxation the difference between the

value of property equipped with solar energy,

heat pumps , methane or wind generators and

that equipped with conventional energy sources. Property is not to be used to provide energy

for sale.

SF 425 and companion HF 377 exempts residential

heating products from sales tax.

SF 70 provides a deduction from gross income

tax for the cost of home insulation.

'"Bills "In Committee" are held over until the next session which begins

January 27, 1976.

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MINNESOTA (continued)

SF 265 and HF 137

Introduced 2/3/75

Connnittee: Taxes and Tax Laws

SF 1686

Introduced 4/26/75

Committee: Government Operations

In Committee as of 11/17/75

SF 265 and companion bill HF 137 provide that

solar energy systems for heating and cooling

of buildings are exempt from property tax.

SF 1686 would appropriate $2 million to the

State Housing Finance Agency for loans to

single family homes for installation of solar

space-heating furnaces.

MISSISSIPPI (30)

No proposed or existing legislation related to building energy has been

reported.

MISSOURI (13)

No proposed or existing legislation related to building energy has been

reported.

MONTANA (43)

Montana has a statewide building code law. It has been reported

that the State will consider ASHRAE 90-75.

HB 473 (Chapter 116)

Introduced 2/17/75

Committee: Natural Resources

Signed 3/27/75

Effective 7/1/75

HB 663 (Chapter 548)

Introduced 2/18/75

Signed 5/13/75

Effective 7/1/75

HB 473 requires adoption of rules in the

State Building Code to promote efficient use

of energy.

HB 663 encourages investment in non-fossil

fuel forms of energy generation and in energy

conservation in buildings through tax

incentives and capital availability.

NEBRASKA (35)

No proposed or existing legislation related to building energy has been

reported.

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NEVADA (47)

The Public Works Board has adopted energy design criteria for State

buildings. These criteria were effective for all designs starting

April 1, 1974.

AB 716 (Chapter 515)

Introduced 4/23/75

Committee: Commerce

Signed 5/17/75

Effective 5/17/75

AB 706

Introduced 4/22/75

Committee: Taxation

Died in Committee

SB 552 (Chapter 636)

Introduced 5/20/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Signed 5/20/75

Effective 5/20/75

AB 716 requires adoption of minimum insulation

standards for all public and private buildings.

Standards are to be established by the Public

Service Commission and the Public Works Board.

AB 706 provides property tax exemption for

installation of solar energy heating or cooling systems.

SB 552 provides appropriation for a solar

energy research laboratory in Clark County,

Nevada, as an additional facility of the

Desert Research Institute of the

University of Nevada.

NEW HAMPSHIRE (41)

HB 479 (Chapter 391)

Committee: Ways and Means

Signed 6/16/75

Effective 8/15/75

SB 269

Introduced 4/23/75

Committee: Energy and

Consumer

Affairs

Died in Committee

SCR 10

Introduced 4/16/75

Adopted 4/16/75

Effective 4/16/75

SB 242

Introduced 4/18/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Died in Committee

HB 479 allows towns and cities to adopt, by

local referendum, property tax exemptions for

persons owning realty equipped with solar

heating or cooling systems. Concord, New

Hampshire took action under this Act by

referendum on November 4, 1975.

SB 269 establishes standards for maximum

consumption of depletable energy in new

buildings. It requires certification by an architect or a professional engineer that

the building meets the standards.

SCR 10 urges the public utilities commission

to exercise its rule-making authority by providing lower rates to consumers who conserve

energy.

SB 242 provides an exemption from reassessment

for property taxes, owner-occupied single

family residences following installation

of insulation.

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NEW JERSEY (8)

New Jersey's new State Uniform Construction Code Act contains specific

reference to energy conservation authority. ASHRAE 90-75 is under

active consideration.

Afi 1299

Signed 10/7/75

Effective 2/3/76

Ab 1274

Introduced 3/18/74

Connnittee: Taxation

In Committee 10/28/75

AB 1299 is New Jersey's State Uniform

Construction Code Act and specifically

references energy conservation.

AB 1274 exempts sales of all materialR useH in

conservation of heat within a building from

the Sales and Use Tax Act.

AB 1275

Introduced 3/18/74

Committee: Taxation

In Committee 10/28/75

AB 1275 exempts energy conservation improvements,

certified by the tax assessor as such, from

real property taxation.

AB 2303

Introduced 11/25/74

Committee: Taxation

In Committee 10/28/75

AB 2303 exempts solar energy heating and cooling

systems from real estate tax.

NEW MEXICO (37)

New Mexico has building energy authority under a Statewide

Building Code. The Senate 'has previously passed Memorial #7

requesting the Construction Industries Commission to review

and revise the Uniform Building Code to establish construction

methods to promote conservation of energy resources. Regulations

are being considered.

SB 19

Introduced 1/21/75

Committee: Conservation

Died in Committee

SB 19 requires a certificate from the

Mechanical Board that new construction meets

standards for energy conservation.

SB 106

Introduced 1/27/75

Committee: Conservation

Died in Committee

HB 395 (Chapter 200)

Introduced 2/26/75

Signed 4/7/75

Effective 4/7/75

SB 106 exempts from gross income tax, receipts

from sale of energy-saving materials, such as insulation, weather stripping, storm windows

and caulking compounds.

HB 395 provides that prior to execution of a contract for construction or major alteration

of any State-owned building, a feasibility

study must be made on the use of energy sources

other than fossil fuels for heating and

cooling.

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NEW MEXICO (continued)

SB 1 (Chapter 12)

Introduced 3/23/75

Approved A/10/75

Effective 4/10/75

SB 120 (Chapter 83)

Introduced 1/27/75

Committee: Conservation

Signed 4/2/75

Effective 4/2/75

SB 129

Introduced 2/10/75

Committee: Conservation

Died in Committee

|BJ, provides for a credit against personal income tax due for the conversion to or construction of solar energy systems; provides

tor a refund to taxpayers if credit allowed

exceeds tax liability. The credit is to equal

l^/. of the cost of the equipment used, not to

exceed $1,000.

^^ appropriates $30,000 to the Department

of Development for solar energy nromotlon

.

provides a deduction from gross

receipts tax for materials used in insulation

of electric resistance heating systems.

NEW YORK (2)

New York has authority to prepare an energy efficient construction

code for all new buildings. A one and two family energy code has

been developed. A bill has been drafted and sent to the Governor

that would allow the promulgation of energy codes. Action is expected

in 1976.

The Public Service Commission has issued energy regulations covering

all buildings using new gas service.

SB 239

Prefiled

Passed Senate, amended and pending

in House Ways and Means

AB 2512

Introduced 2/4/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Carried over to 1976 Session

SB 2882

Introduced 2/18/75

Committee: Local Government

Carried over to 1976 Session

AB 659

Prefiled

Committee: Local Governments

Amended and recommitted

SB 239 and the companion bill AB 2512 exempts

insulation, weather-stripping, storm windows

and doors, and caulking compound from sales

and use tax.

See above.

SB 2882 grants partial exemption from

assessment of real property to owner who uses

solar energy for cooling or heating of real

property.

AB 659 permits owner of property equipped with

a solar energy heating or cooling system to

have deducted annually from assessed valuation

thereof the lesser of (1) the assessed value

with the solar system minus the value of the

system or (2) the value of the system.

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NEW YORK (continued)

SB 896

Prefiled

Committee : Finance

Carried over to the 1976 Session

SB 896 requires that the Office of General

Services develop standards for solar energy

systems.

AB 6433

Introduced 3/4/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Carried over to 1976 Session

AB 6433 exempts personal property purchased for use in solar energy systems from State sales

tax.

AB 6730

Introduced 3/20/75

Committee: Real Property Tax

Carried over to 1976 Session

AB 6730 exempts from taxation and from special

ad valorem levies and assessments real property

constructed, altered or improved to include

solar energy heating or cooling systems.

AB 7808

Introduced 3/25/75

Committee: Environment

Amended and recommitted

to Ways and Means

AB 7812

Introduced 3/25/75

Committee: Environment

Carried over to 1976 Session

AB 7808 provides for building code requirements

to limit heat transfer through the use of

minimum standards.

AB 7812 requires that the building code provide

for energy conservation in all residential and

industrial structures by limiting heat transmission through external walls, ceilings and

floors.

AB 5811

Introduced 3/4/75

Committee: Real Property Tax

Amended and recommitted

SB 120

Prefiled

Committee: Conservation

No action; Carried over to

1976 Session

AB 3342

Introduced 2/12/75

Committee: Environment

Carried over to 1976 Session

AB 5811 entitles owner of real property who

installs a solar energy system to deduct from

his assessment the assessed value of the system

or $2,000, whichever is less.

SB 120 and companion bill AB 3342 establish

a program for the development and construction

of prototype solar-powered heating systems or units for incorporation in new and existing

residential and commercial building structures.

See above.

AB 170

Prefiled

Committee: Govt. Operations

Carried over to 1976 Session

SB 5779

Introduced 4/30/75

Committee: Local Government

Recommitted to Rules Committee

AB 170 prohibits installation of an electric

resistance space heating system, unless

employed as supplemental to space-conditioning

relying primarily on heat pumps.

SB 5779 entitles owner of property installing

a solar energy heating or cooling system to

have it deducted from assessed valuation of

property.

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NEW YORK (continued)

AB 8799

Introduced 111/15

Committee: Corporations

Carried over to 1976 Session

SB 6929

Introduced 7/8/75

Committee: Corporations

Carried over to 1976 Session

^ »/99 and SB 6929 authorize the New York

State Environmental Facilities Corporation to

enter into contracts for construction of energy

conserving systems and facilities utilizing

new energy technology.

See above.

AB 7809-A

Introduced 3/25/75

Committee: Environment

Amended 6/5/75; Recommitted

Carried over to 1976 Session

AB 7942

Introduced 3/25/75

Committee: Environment

Carried over to 1976 Session

AB 7809-A requires individual electric meters

for units of a multiple dwelling building

constructed after April 1, 1976. It also

encourages submetering in existing multiple

unit dwellings.

AB 7942 establishes minimum recovery efficiencies

and maximum standby losses for hot water

heaters

.

NORTH CAROLINA (12)

North Carolina has a statewide building code. Energy regulations

for all one and two- family dwellings and all new multiple family

dwellings, three stories in height or less, were adopted

September 10, 1974, effective January 1, 1975. A joint Committee

of State representatives and private industry has been formed to

recommend energy conservation regulations to the State Building Code

Commission. ASHRAE 90-75 Is presently being considered for use.

SB 373 (Chapter 911)

Introduced 3/10/75

Signed 6/26/75

Effective 7/1/75

SJR 150 (Resolution 54)

Ratified 5/9/75

Effective 5/9/75

SR 149

Introduced 2/14/75

Committee: Utilities/Energy

Adopted 4/18/75

Effective 4/18/75

SB 373 carries an appropriation of $30,000 to

North Carolina State University for research

and development of a working model for a solar

heating and cooling system.

SJR 150 calls for an energy consumption

analysis of all existing government buildings

Including schools. Requires changes in structural arrangements and operations so as to con- serve fuel.

SR 149 requests the North Carolina Building

Code Council to hold public hearings on energy

conservation and to incorporate in the State

Building Code the most practical measures to conserve fuel and energy in government. Industry

and commercial, as well as residential buildings.

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NORTH CAROLINA (continued)

SB 151 (Chapter 434)

Introduced 2/14/75

Committee: Utilities/Energy

Signed 5/29/75

Effective 7/1/75 ______

HB 37

Introduced 1/24/75

Committee: Rules

Died in Committee

SB 151 and companion bill HB 37 require State

agencies to perform energy consumption analyses

on major construction or renovation of buildings,

See above.

NORTH DAKOTA (45)

HB 1520

Indefinitely Postponed

in the House

HB 1520 provides for an excise tax on coal

consumed in the State to provide funds for

solar energy research.

HB 1527

Introduced 1/28/75

Committee: Industry, Business,

and Labor

Passed the House, amended and

failed in the Senate

SB 2439 (Chapter 508)

Introduced 1/28/75

Committee: Finance and Taxation

Signed 4/8/75

Effective 7/1/75

Senate Concurrent

Resolution No. 4042

Approved 4/15/75

Effective 4/15/75

HB 1527 authorized the State-owned Bank of

North Dakota to provide low interest loans for

persons who convert their existing housing or construct new housing with heating systems

utilizing solar, waste products, or electricwind systems.

SB 2439 provides that systems utilizing solar

energy for heating or cooling of new or existing

buildings would be exempt from property tax

for a five year period following installation.

SCR 4042 calls for a Legislative Council Study

of alternate energy sources.

OHIO (6)

Ohio has a statewide building code which covers all buildings except

one-, two-, and three-family dwellings. Regulations have been promulgated as Chapter BB 48, an amendment to the 1970 Edition of the "Ohio

Building Code." These regulations, with the exception of BB 48-02.01,

will be effective June 1, 1976. BB 48-02.01, which was effective

March 1, 1975, provides for interim energy data collection and analysis.

HB 626

Introduced 3/27/75 (Companion to SB 196)

Committee: Finance and Appropriations

Held over for next session

SB 196

Introduced 3/26/75

Committee: Energy and Environment

Held over for next session

HB 626 and SB 196 establish a revolving fund

to make loans for home improvements for energy

conservation purposes.

See above.

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OHIO (continued)

HB 1004

Introduced 1/11/15

Committee: Ways and Means

Held over for next session

HB 895

Introduced 6/12/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Held over for next session

HB 1004 provides a sales tax exemption for

the purchase of solar heating and cooling

systems to be installed in residential and

commercial buildings.

HB 895 exempts solar heating and cooling

systems from taxation.

HB 754

Introduced 5/1/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Held over for next session

HB 754 provides income tax deduction for

installing storm windows and doors and solar

energy units.

OKLAHOMA (27)

No proposed or existing legislation related to building energy has been

reported.

OREGON (31)

Oregon has statewide building code authority. Regulations for

residential construction of three stories or less were effective

July 1, 1974. The Energy Conservation Board, created under

SB 283, will review ASHRAE 90-75 with the intent of incorporating

it into present regulations with a minimum amount of revision.

The Governor is appointing Board members, but operating funds are not yet available.

HB 2036 (Chapter 153)

Introduced 1/17/75

Committee: Environment, Agriculture

and Natural Resources

Signed 5/19/75

Effective 9/13/75

HB 2036 amends the comprehensive planning laws

to allow county planning commissions to

recommend ordinances governing height and

set-back of buildings, and the utilization of

incident solar energy. It also includes

public incentives for overall energy

conservation.

SB 230

Introduced 1/27/75

Committee: Environment, Agriculture

and Natural Resources

Tabled in Committee

SB 230 establishes standards for maximum

consumption of certain types of energy for new non-industrial structures. Prior to

issuance of a permit, the bill requires that

a certificate of compliance be issued by an architect or a registered professional engineer

stating that such structure has been designed

so as not to exceed maximum standards.

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OREGON (continued)

HB 2037

Introduced 1/17/75

Committee: Environment, Agriculture

and Natural Resources;

Revenue

Died in Committee at adjournment

SB 483 (Chapter 606)

Signed 7/2/75

Effective 7/2/75

SB 209

Introduced 1/23/75

Committee: Revenue

Died in Committee

HB 2201

Introduced 1/24/75

Committee: Environment and

Energy; State and

Federal Affairs

Died in Committee

HB 2200

Introduced 1/23/75

Committee: Environment and

Energy; Ways and

Means

Died in Committee

HB 2202 (Chapter 460)

Introduced 1/23/75

Signed 6/30/75

Effective 9/13/75

HB 2203

Introduced 1/23/75

Committee: Environment and

Energy ; Revenue

Tabled in Revenue Committee

HB 2204

Introduced 1/23/75

Committee: Environment and

Energy; Ways and

Means

Died in Committee

HB 2037 allows a State personal income tax

deduction, not to exceed $500, for thermal

insulation of not more than one existing

residence.

SB 483 creates Department of Energy. It

provides a wide role for the Department,

including promotion of efficient use of energy.

(Contains no specific reference to building

energy utilization.)

SB 209 provides tax exemption on increased

value of property as a result of solar heating

or cooling.

HB 2201 allows eligible veterans to obtain a loan from the Oregon War Veteran's Fund for the

purpose of installing solar energy collection,

storage, and delivery systems to a home.

HB 2200 authorizes solar heating and cooling

demonstrations at the University of Oregon.

HB 2202 provides a tax exemption from ad

valorem taxation of any increased value of

property resulting from solar energy heating

and cooling systems installation. Applies

to assessment years beginning on and after

January 1, 1976, but not on or after January 1,

1986.

HB 2203 provides a personal income tax credit

for costs involved in installation of solar

heating and cooling systems used in a residence.

HB 2204 authorizes the Housing Division to

make loans for solar heating and cooling of

buildings.

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OREGON (continued)

HB 2046

Introduced 1/17/75

Coimnittee: Environment, Agriculture

and Natural Resources;

Education, School and

Finance

Tabled in Committee

SB 283 (Chapter 676)

Signed 7/7/75

Effective 9/13/75

HB 2046 exempts from personal income tax the

first $500 expended for a solar energy system

for a single residence.

SB 283 creates Energy Conservation Board within

the Department of Commerce to adopt rules to

provide maximum energy conservation in design,

construction and repair of buildings.

SB 769

Introduced 3/17/75

Committee: Revenue

Died in Committee

SB 769 exempts the increased value of real

property attributable to wind-powered systems

utilized to generate electricity, from real

property taxation.

PENNSYLVANIA (3)

Pennsylvania is presently considering legislation for energy

conservation in new building design.

HB 421

Introduced 2/11/75

Committee: Finance

Carried over to 1976 Session

HB 262

Introduced 2/5/75

Committee: Finance

Carried over to 1976 Session

HB 239

Introduced 2/4/75

Committee: Finance

Carried over to 1976 Session

HB 421 provides for sales tax exemption for

equipment used to construct or convert

certain buildings for the use of solar

heating and cooling systems.

HB 262 excludes from sales and use taxes,

the material and installation costs for

solar heating and cooling systems, except

in production of property for sale. Also

excludes the value added by such tangible

property from ad valorem property tax.

HB 239 exempts storm windows and doors and

insulation materials for use in residences

from retail sales tax.

SB 979

Introduced 7/23/75

Committee: Env. Resources

Carried over to 1976 Session

SB 979 encourages the use of solar heating

and cooling systems and excludes the cost

of materials and installation of these systems

from sales and use taxes.

HB 1344

Introduced 5/3/75

Committee: Mines and Energy

Management

Carried over to 1976 Session

HB 1963

Introduced 11/25/75

Committee: Finance

Carried over to 1976 Session

HB 1344 provides for the regulation for energy

conservation purposes of the construction of

public, industrial and commercial buildings.

HB 1963 excludes solar energy systems in the

determination of the value of real estate.

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RHODE ISLAND (39)

Rhode Island has a statewide building code law. The building code,

if passed by the General Assembly during the 1976 session, will be

effective August 1, 1976. Officials report plans to study ASHRAE

90-75, as well as the proposed Basic Building Code changes dealing

with energy conservation, and hold a public hearing prior to code

enactment

.

SB 286

Introduced 2/18/75

Committee: Special Legislation

In Committee 11/14/75

HB 5817

Introduced 3/18/75

Committee: Health, Education

and Welfare

In Committee 11/14/75

SB 522

Introduced 3/18/75

Committee: Finance

Passed Senate

Amended and in House

Judiciary

SB 286 requestis the Rhode Island Building

Code Standards Committee to include in the

proposed statewide building code, standards

requiring new buildings to be constructed and

insulated so as to conserve energy.

HB 5817 requires each city and county to

provide minimum insulation standards in its

building code.

SB 522 allows a sales tax and use tax exemption

on all equipment purchased for use in converting

real property or new construction to solar

cooling or heating systems.

SOUTH CAROLINA (26)

South Carolina officials are considering statewide energy regulatory authority. They will

consider the use of ASHRAE 90-75.

HB 2774

Introduced 4/8/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Carried over to 1976 Session

SOUTH DAKOTA (44)

HB 2774 creates a committee to study revision

of building codes to achieve conservation of

energy.

SB 283 (Chapter 111)

Introduced 2/18/75

Committee: Taxation

Signed 3/26/75

Effective 7/1/75

HB 569

Introduced 1/28/75

Committee: Taxation

Received unfavorable

Vote in House

SB 283 allows the owner of residential real

property an annual deduction from assessed

valuation of real property the lesser of:

(1) the difference between the assessed

valuation with solar system and the assessed

valuation without the system; or (2) $2,000.

HB 569 provides property tax deduction for the

utilization of solar energy systems.

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TENNESSEE (18)

A Legislative Study Coiranittee expects to report to the 1976

Legislature recommending statewide adoption of the Southern

Building Code Congress codes with State assisted local

enforcement

.

SB 419

Introduced 3/31/75

Committee: State and Local

Government

Carried over to 1976 Session

HB 479

Committee: Conservation and

Environment

Carried over to 1976 Session

SB 419 and HB 479 requires housing project

authorities to consider solar energy in

housing projects.

See above.

TEXAS (4)

Texas has no existing overall building energy authority. Dean

Raymond D. Reed of Texas A & M University, Chairman of a Task

Force on Building Code for Texas , has prepared a report for

the Governor's Energy Advisory Council recommending the adoption

of a State building code including conservation of energy in

buildings. The State Building Code Commission has authority to

write energy conserving standards and C( Irs that would apply to

State financed buildings and be available for use by cities.

HB 429 HB 429 relates to tax exemptions and

Introduced 2/3/75 deductions for solar energy devices.

Committee: Revenue and

Taxation

Died in Committee

HB 1158

Introduced 3/3/75

Committee: Natural Resources

Died in Committee

SB 516

Introduced 3/3/75

Committee: Natural Resources

Signed 4/30/75

Effective 1/1/76

HB 546

Filed without Signature 6/21/75

Effective 9/1/75

HB 1158 and the companion bill SB 516 requires

the State Building Commission to write an energy conserving building code for all State

buildings including University buildings. The

code is to be made available to Texas cities

as a model.

See above.

HB 546 provides for the exemption from taxes

the receipts from the sale, lease or rental

of solar energy devices. The bill also allows

a corporation to deduct from capitol taxable

in Texas, the amortized cost of a solar energy

device. The cost may be amortized for any

period not less than 60 months.

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TEXAS (continued)

SB 691

Introduced 3/12/75

Committee: Finance

Died in Committee

SB 691 provides property tax exemptions of the

first $2,000 of value for solar energy heating

and cooling systems.

SJR 50

Introduced 3/12/75

Committee: Texas

Constitution

Died in Committee

SJR 50 authorizes the legislature to exempt

from property taxation all or part of the

value of solar energy heating or cooling

systems and devices.

UTAH (36)

SB 117

Introduced 1/20/75

Passed Senate, defeated

in House, expected to be

reintroduced in 1976

SB 117 provides for the adoption of code

provisions dealing with energy conservation

in the design, construction, and use of State

buildings. It also provides for studies of

energy use in buildings and encourages

voluntary adoption by political subdivisions

and industry of the code provlsionR devplnpprl

for State buildings.

SB 209

Introduced 2/7/75

Passed Senate, defeated

in House, expected to be

reintroduced in 1976

SB 209 provides authority for the State

Building Board to initiate and supervise an energy conservation project designed to

construct dwelling units utilizing a minimum

of fuel.

VERMONT (48)

HB 69

Introduced 1/8/75

Committee: Municipal Corporation

Held over for 1976 Session

HB 69 provides for the appointment of energy

conservation officers, the adoption of

regulations governing the insulation of buildings, and prohibition of sale of gas, electricity, coal, or oil to owners of buildings

which do not comply.

SB 29

Introduced 1/14/75

Committee: Natural Resources

Held over for 1976 Session

SB 29 provides that a town may exempt from

taxation real and personal property used for

the production, but not the sale, of energy.

SB 88

Introduced 2/7/75

Committee: Natural Resources

Held over for 1976 Session

SB 88 provides for State standards for solar

energy systems which are manufactured or sold

in the State.

HB 206

Introduced 1/23/75

Committee: Ways and Means

Held over for 1976 Session

HB 206 permits municipalities to exempt from

real estate and personal property taxes,

equipment and facilities used in the production

of alternate sources of energy.

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VIRGINIA (14)

Virginia has a mandatory statewide code. Federal Housing

Administration Minimum Property Standards relating to energy

conservation have been adopted and are effective January 15, 1976.

The State Board of Housing will continue study of proposed Basic

Building Code changes relating to energy, as well as ASHRAE 90-75.

Design professionals may design buildings according to ASHRAE 90-75

if they so certify.

HB 1381

Introduced 1/17/75

Committee: General Laws

Died in House

HB 1381 proposed to add to the State Building

Code certain insulation standards.

HB 1465

Introduced 1/20/75

Committee: General Laws

Died in House

HB 1465 proposed to add to the State Building

Code requirements for storm doors and windows.

HB 1811

Introduced 1/21/75

Committee: General Laws

Died in House

HB 1811 provided that the State Building Code

shall include requirements that plumbing in

all single family dwellings would be constructed

to facilitate future installation of solar

water heating equipment.

HB 1808

Died in House

HB 1808 allowed deductions from gross income,

for tax purposes, the cost of thermal design

improvements; including improvements of

insulation, solar collectors, and storm

windows and doors. The bill included upper

costs limits.

HJR 268

Introduced 1/21/75

Committee: Conservation and

Natural Resources

Died in House

HJR 268 provides for the examination of the

feasibility of using solar energy for heating

and cooling State facilities.

HB 1820

Introduced 1/21/75

Committee: Finance

Died in House

HB 1820 provides a tax savings relating to

income tax and amortization of solar energy

systems

.

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WASHINGTON (22)

Washington has a statewide building code law and electric

heating regulations. The Governor's veto message on Substitute

HB 664 suggested that Washington would wait for the 1976 edition

of the Uniform Building Code which at that time was expected to

contain thermal standards.

HB 664 and Substitute HB 664

Introduced 2/19/75

Committee: Transportation and

Utilities

Passed both House

Vetoed by Governor 7/2/75

SB 2106 (Chapter 177)

Introduced. 1/16/75

Committee: Transportation and

Utilities

Signed 6/4/75

Effective 1/1/76

SB 2375

Introduced 2/3/75

Committee: Transportation and

Utilities

Passed Senate

Carried over in House

HB 664 establishes minimum thermal

insulation standards for all three-story

or less frame buildings for human occupancy,

which are heated or mechanically cooled.

Substitute HB 664 has been offered which

establishes thermal insulation and design

standards for residential occupancy as an addition to present statewide codes.

SB 2106 requires the analysis of energy

consumption and life- cycle cost in the

design for new construction or renovation

of all major publicly owned or leased

facilities.

SB 2375 exempts residential solar heating

equipment and installation, when installed

on residential property already having a heating system, from sales and use taxes.

WEST VIRGINIA (34)

HB 1344

Introduced 2/20/75

Committee: Judiciary

Died in Committee

HB 1344 authorizes the establishment of energy

standards for heating in new residential,

commercial, and public buildings to minimize

fuel consumption.

HB 1138

Introduced 2/6/75

Committee: Finance

Died in Committee

HB 1138 exempts solar heating and cooling

systems from sales tax.

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WISCONSIN (16)

Wisconsin has a State Building Code covering all buildings

except one and two family dwellings. Rules pertaining to

building energy conservation were adopted November 18, 1974,

and were effective January 1, 1975. The regulations were

later suspended by the Legislative Joint Committee for

Review of Administrative Rules. Hearings on thermal

performance standards were held during July and August, and

a Special Study Committee began meeting in October, 1975.

AB 268

Introduced 2/5/75

Committee: Tax Exempt

Carried over to 1976 Session

AB 268 provides a property tax exemption for

solar heat or light sources which furnish at

least 30 percent of the heat or light used in

a home or an industry served by the source.

SB 105

Introduced 1/30/75

Committee: Governmental and

Veteran Affairs

Passed Senate

In Assembly Municipalities

Committee

SB 105 calls for creation of a one and two

family dwelling code which includes energy

conservation regulations.

SB 106

Introduced 1/30/75

Committee: Governmental and

Veteran Affairs

Passed Senate

In Assembly Municipalities

Committee

SB 106 cal Is for creation of a manufactured

building code including energy conservation.

SB 665

Introduced 10/9/75

Committee: Governmental and

Veteran Affairs

Carried over to 1976 Session

AB 1192

Introduced 10/9/75

Committee: State Affairs

Carried over to 1976 Session

AB 1124

Introduced 9/18/75

Committee: Joint Tax

Exemption

Carried over to 1976 Session

SB 665 and companion bill AB 1192 uphold

committee suspension of IND 51.02 (16)

relating to thermal performance standards

in public buildings and places of employment,

See above.

AB 1124 exempts solar energy home heating

devices and electricity generating devices

from property tax.

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WISCONSIN (continued)

AB 1221

Introduced 11/6/75

Committee: Environmental

Quality

Carried over to 1976 Session

AB 1221 requires that any building of more

than one story with office spaces must have

sufficient windows in each office that can be opened to provide adequate ventilation.

SB 684

Introduced 11/6/75

Committee: Governmental and

Veteran Affairs

Carried over' to 1976 Session

SB 684 authorizes cities, towns and villages

to require residential structures be built

with chimneys which can be converted for the use of natural gas, oil or wood.

WYOMING (49)

HB 54 HB 54 creates a Council within the Department

Prefiled of Environmental Quality. It requires electric

Committee: Mines, Minerals and utilities to submit energy forecasts to the

Industrial Development Council and imposes a tax on generation of

Died in Committee electricity to fund council activities. The

Council is directed to regulate the lighting

and insulation of new buildings and to

prescribe operating efficiency standards for

appliances, etc.

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APPENDIX I

STATE OFFICES PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICES

ALABAMA

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ALASKA

Legislative Affairs Agency

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ARIZONA

Research Division

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ARKANSAS

Bureau of Legislative Research

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CALIFORNIA

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(916) 445-4184

COLORADO

Legislative Library

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CONNECTICUT

Office of Legislative Research

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DELAWARE

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(302) 678-4114

FLORIDA

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GEORGIA

Legislative Counsel

(404) 656-5015

HAWAII

• Legislative Reference Bureau

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IDAHO

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ILLINOIS

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INDIANA

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IOWA

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KANSAS

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KENTUCKY

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LOUISIANA

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MAINE

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MARYLAND

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(612) 296-3398

MISSISSIPPI

Legislative Reference Bureau

(601) 354-6165

MISSOURI

Legislative Research

(314) 751-4223

MONTANA

Legislative Council

(406) 449-3064

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NEBRASKA

Legislative Research

(402) 471-2221

NEVADA

Legislative Research

(702) 885-5627

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Legislative Services

(603) 271-3432

NEW JERSEY

Legislative Research

(609) 292-4661

NEW MEXICO

Legislative Council Service

(505) 827-3141

NEW YORK

Legislative Council Service

(518) 474-5936

NORTH CAROLINA

Legislative Research

(919) 829-7778

NORTH DAKOTA

Legislative Council

(701)- 224-2916

OHIO

Legislative Reference Bureau

(6l4) 466-3031

OKLAHOMA

Legislative Reference Division

(405) 521-2502

OREGON

Legislative Information

(503) 378-3131

PENNSYLVANIA

Legislative Reference Bureau

(717) 787-4816

RHODE ISLAND

Legislative Reference Library

(401) 277-2473

SOUTH CAROLINA

Legislative Council

(803) 758-2334

SOUTH DAKOTA

Legislative Research Council

(605) 224-3251

TENNESSEE

Legislative Research Library

(615) 741-3511

lEXAS

Legislative Reference Library

(512) 475-4626

UTAH

Legislative Research

(801) 533-5481

VERMONT

Legislative Council

(802) 828-2231

VIRGINIA

Legislative Services

(804) 786-3591

WASHINGTON

Legislative Information

(206) 753-5000

WEST VIRGINIA

Legislative Services

(304) 348-2040

WISCONSIN

Legislative Reference Bureau

(608) 266-0341

WYOMING

Legislative Service

(307) 777-7702

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APPENDIX II

NEXT SCHEDULED STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS

STATE

ALABAMA May 4, 1976

ALASKA Jan 12, 1976

ARIZONA Jan 12, 1976

ARKANSAS Jan 12, 1976

CALIFORNIA Jan 5, 1976

COLORADO Jan 8, 1976

CONNECTICUT Feb ^, 1976

DELAWARE Jan 13, 1976

FLORIDA Apr 6, 1976

GEORGIA Jan 13, 1976

HAWAII Jan 21, 1976

IDAHO Jan 5, 1976

ILLINOIS Jan 1^, 1976

INDIANA Jan 12, 1976

IOWA Jan 12, 1976

KANSAS Jan 13, 1976

KENTUCKY Jan 6, 1976

LOUISIANA May 10, 1976

MAINE Date has not been set

MARYLAND Jan l4, I976

MASSACHUSETTS Jan 2, 1976

MICHIGAN Jan 1^, 1976

MINNESOTA . . Jan 27, 1976

MISSISSIPPI Jan 6, 1976

MISSOURI Jan 7, 1976

MONTANA Jan 1977

NEBRASKA Jan 7, 1976

NEVADA Jan 17, 1977

NEW HAMPSHIRE No regular session in 1976

NEW JERSEY Jan 13, 1976

NEW MEXICO Jan 20, 1976

NEW YORK Jan 8, 1976

NORTH CAROLINA May 3, 1976

NORTH DAKOTA No regular session in 1976

OHIO Jan 6, 1976

OKLAHOMA Jan 6, 1976

OREGON No regular session in 1976

PENNSYLVANIA Jan 6, 1976

RHODE ISLAND Jan 6, 1976

SOUTH CAROLINA Jan 13, 1976

SOUTH DAKOTA Jan 6, 1976

TENNESSEE Jan 13, 1976

TEXAS No regular session in 1976

UTAH Jan 12, 1976

VERMONT Jan 7, 1976

VIRGINIA Jan 14, 1976

WASHINGTON Jan 12, 1976

WEST VIRGINIA Jan l4, 1976

WISCONSIN Jan 28, 1976

WYOMING Feb 10, 1976

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