Bills › 88th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Currently, public utilities must pay a $750 fee to cross land owned by companies that took over old railroad rights-of-way. This new law allows certain groups, like small water districts and local villages, to follow set rules for these crossings instead of having to negotiate a deal every time. These groups include municipal waterworks, rural water districts, and people providing electricity to five or fewer people.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to crossings of rights-of-way owned by successors in interest of railroad corporations. Current law provides that, unless the parties agree otherwise, a public utility that locates its facilities within a right-of-way owned by a successor in interest of a railroad corporation for a crossing shall pay the successor in interest a one-time standard crossing fee of $750 for each crossing. _____ expenses incurred by the successor in interest as a result of the crossing. Current law also provides that such rules shall not prevent a railroad and a public utility from otherwise negotiating the terms and conditions applicable to a crossing or the resolution of any related disputes. The bill provides that rules adopted by the board prescribing the terms and conditions for a crossing shall apply to facilities located within the railroad right-of-way of a railroad corporation’s successor in interest by any of the following without further or other negotiation: municipally owned facilities, unincorporated villages, municipally owned waterworks, joint water utilities, rural water districts incorporated under Code chapter 357A or 504, cooperative water associations, or persons furnishing electricity to five or fewer persons.
House subcommittee
Named February 18, 2020. On February 19, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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