Amendment H-8172 to HF 2442
Authorizing the reduction of damages payable to an unresponsive property owner in condemnation proceedings and including applicability provisions
Withdrawn · March 14, 2022
Filed March 8, 2022 in the House by
What it changes
- Page 2, after line 14 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 479B.16, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
- A pipeline company granted a pipeline permit shall , subject to subsection 4, be vested with the right of eminent domain, to the extent necessary and as prescribed and approved by the board, not exceeding seventy-five feet in width for right-of-way and not exceeding one acre in any one location in addition to right-of-way for the location of pumps, pressure apparatus, or other stations or equipment necessary to the proper operation of its pipeline. The board may grant additional eminent domain rights where the pipeline company has presented sufficient evidence to adequately demonstrate that a greater area is required for the proper construction, operation, and maintenance of the pipeline or for the location of pumps, pressure apparatus, or other stations or equipment necessary to the proper operation of its pipeline. Sec. ___. Section 479B.16, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION .
- The board shall not grant a carbon pipeline project the right of eminent domain unless the board finds the project is built pursuant to a comprehensive state atmospheric carbon reduction plan adopted by the general assembly that is consistent with the obligations of the United States in accordance with the nationally determined contribution pursuant to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Dec. 12, 2015, T.I.A.S. 23 No. 16-1104.”
- Page 2, line 15, by striking “This Act” and inserting “The section of this Act amending section 6B.33”
- Page 2, after line 17 by inserting: “Sec. ___. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following apply retroactively to applications for carbon pipeline construction submitted on or after January 1, 2022: The sections of this Act amending section 479B.16.”
- By renumbering as necessary.