Amendment S-3141 to HF 639

Filed April 29, 2025 in the Senate by Sen. Doug Campbell (R), Sen. Kevin Alons (R), Sen. Rocky De Witt (R), Sen. Dennis Guth (R) and 8 more

What it changes

1. Page 1, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting: “Section
2. Section 6A.21, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 6A.21 Condemnation of agricultural land —— definitions.”
3. Page 2, after line 17 by inserting: “
4. The limitation on the definition of public use, public purpose, or public improvement does not apply to the establishment, relocation, or improvement of a road pursuant to chapter 306 , or to the establishment of a railway under the supervision of the department of transportation as provided in section 327C.2 , or to an airport as defined in section 328.1 , or to land acquired in order to replace or mitigate land used in a road project when federal law requires replacement or mitigation. This limitation also does not apply to utilities, persons, companies, or corporations under the jurisdiction of the Iowa utilities commission or to any other utility conferred the right by statute to condemn private property or to otherwise exercise the power of eminent domain, except to the extent such purpose includes construction of hazardous liquid pipelines for the transportation or transmission of liquefied carbon dioxide or aboveground merchant lines. For purposes of this subsection, “utility” means a public utility as defined in section 306.46, subsection
5. ”
6. Page 2, line 27, by striking “subsection” and inserting “subsections”
7. Page 2, after line 32 by inserting: “NEW SUBSECTION .
8. The following persons are entitled as of right to intervene in any proceeding conducted by the commission: a. A member of the general assembly. b. An elected county or city official. c. Any resident with a minimally plausible interest in the proceeding.”
9. Page 4, by striking lines 20 through
11. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 8 and inserting “An Act relating to public utilities, including requirements for common carriers transporting hazardous liquids, public use limitations, intervenors in contested cases and other proceedings, utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings, insurance requirements for the granting of a hazardous liquid pipeline permit, and permit, permit renewal, and operation limitations of pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, and including effective date and applicability provisions.”
12. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book