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