Bill Text: IA HF714 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to construction projects transporting electricity and water and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 246.) Effective date: 07/01/2023. Applicability date: 09/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-01 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1042. [HF714 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF714-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS
TRANSPORTING
ELECTRICITY
AND
WATER
AND
INCLUDING
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
468.3,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6A.
As
used
in
this
chapter,
the
term
“culvert”
includes
a
drain,
tile,
or
tile
line.
Sec.
2.
Section
478.6A,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
Notwithstanding
section
478.21
,
in
addition
to
any
other
applicable
requirements
pursuant
to
this
chapter
,
if
a
petition
for
a
franchise
to
construct
a
merchant
line
that
is
proposed
to
be
constructed
above
ground
and
involves
the
taking
of
property
under
eminent
domain
is
not
approved
by
the
board
and
a
franchise
granted
within
three
years
following
the
date
the
petition
is
filed
with
the
board
pursuant
to
section
478.3
,
the
board
shall
reject
the
petition
and
make
a
record
of
the
rejection.
If
the
hearing
on
the
petition
conducted
pursuant
to
section
478.4
has
been
held
within
the
three-year
period
following
the
date
the
petition
is
filed,
but
the
board
has
not
completed
its
deliberations
within
that
three-year
period,
the
three-year
period
may
be
extended
by
the
board
to
allow
completion
of
deliberations.
A
petitioner
shall
not
file
a
petition
for
the
same
or
a
similar
project
that
has
been
rejected
within
sixty
months
following
the
date
of
rejection
House
File
714,
p.
2
if
the
rejection
was
for
failure
to
be
approved
within
three
years
following
the
date
the
petition
was
filed
as
provided
in
this
subsection
.
Sec.
3.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
478.6A
applies
retroactively
to
a
petition
for
a
franchise
submitted
on
or
after
September
1,
2020.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
714,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2023
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
