Bill Text: IA HF517 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to setback requirements for rock blasting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 451. [HF517 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF517-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
517
BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
setback
requirements
for
rock
blasting.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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517
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
335.36
Rock
blasting
——
setbacks.
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A
county
shall
require
operations
that
involve
rock
blasting
2
to
conduct
such
rock
blasting
no
less
than
five
hundred
feet
3
from
the
property
line.
However,
a
county
shall
not
enact
a
4
setback
requirement
greater
than
five
hundred
feet
for
rock
5
blasting
activities.
6
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
414.34
Rock
blasting
——
setbacks.
7
A
city
shall
require
operations
that
involve
rock
blasting
8
to
conduct
such
rock
blasting
no
less
than
five
hundred
feet
9
from
the
property
line.
However,
a
city
shall
not
enact
a
10
setback
requirement
greater
than
five
hundred
feet
for
rock
11
blasting
activities.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
requires
counties
and
cities
to
require
operations
16
that
involve
rock
blasting
to
conduct
such
rock
blasting
no
17
less
than
500
feet
from
the
property
line.
However,
the
18
bill
prohibits
counties
and
cities
from
enacting
a
setback
19
requirement
greater
than
500
feet
for
rock
blasting
activities.
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