Filed May 12, 2025 in the Senate by Sen. Jeff Taylor (R)
What it changes
- By striking page 1, line 1, through page 1, line 33, and inserting: “Amend House File 639, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
- By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “Section
- Section 6A.21, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
- 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 the 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
- Sec.
- EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. Sec.
- APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to condemnation proceedings for which the application filed under section 6B.3 is filed on or after the effective date of this Act.”
- Title page, by striking lines 1 through 8 and inserting “An Act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the -1- S 3153.1942 (1) 91 sb/js 1/ 2 construction of hazardous liquid pipelines and including effective date and applicability provisions.””