101C.2 - DEFINITIONS.

        101C.2  DEFINITIONS.
         As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
         1.  "Council" means the Iowa propane education and research
      council established pursuant to section 101C.3.
         2.  "Education" means any activity designed to provide
      information regarding propane, propane equipment, mechanical and
      technical practices, and uses of propane to consumers and members of
      the propane industry.
         3.  "Energy star certification" means meeting energy
      efficiency standards and guidelines pursuant to the energy star
      program developed and jointly administered by the United States
      environmental protection agency and United States department of
      energy.
         4.  "Fire marshal" means the state fire marshal as provided in
      section 100.1.
         5.  "Odorized propane" means propane to which an odorant has
      been added.
         6.  "Propane" means a hydrocarbon with a chemical composition
      that is predominately C3H8, whether recovered from natural gas or
      crude oil, and includes liquefied petroleum gases and mixtures.
         7.  "Propane industry" means those persons involved in the
      production, transportation, and sale of propane, and in the
      manufacture and distribution of propane utilization equipment.
         8.  "Propane industry trade association" means an organization
      exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) of the Internal
      Revenue Code, that represents the propane industry.
         9.  "Qualified propane industry organization" means the Iowa
      propane gas association or any other similarly constituted industry
      trade association that represents at least thirty-five percent of the
      total volume of odorized propane sold at retail in this state.
         10.  "Research" means any type of study, investigation,
      program, or other activity designed to advance the image,
      desirability, usage, marketability, efficiency, or safety of propane
      or to further the development of information related to such
      activities.
         11.  "Retail propane dispenser" means a person who sells
      odorized propane to the ultimate consumer but is not engaged
      primarily in the business of such sales.
         12.  "Retail propane marketer" means a person engaged
      primarily in the sale of odorized propane to the ultimate consumer or
      to a retail propane dispenser.
         13.  "Weatherization" means activities designed to promote or
      enhance energy efficiency in a residence or other building including
      but not limited to the installation of attic, wall, foundation,
      crawlspace, water heater, and pipe insulation; air sealing including
      caulking and weather-stripping of windows and doors; the installation
      of windows and doors that qualify for energy star certification; the
      performance of home energy audits; programmable thermostat
      installation; and carbon monoxide and radon inspection and detection
      system installation.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2007 Acts, ch 182, §2, 15; 2009 Acts, ch 141, §1, 2