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Relating to actions involving hazardous liquid pipelines, and providing fees
Sponsored by the House Ways and Means (successor To Hsb 608) Committee
Topics:Courts & civil lawEnergy & utilitiesCarbon pipelinesEminent domain
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 14, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 18, 2024
- Done: House committeeMarch 19, 2024
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 28, 202486–7
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 People applying for utility projects or landowners facing property seizures can ask a Polk County judge to clarify their legal rights. The Iowa Utilities Board can still continue working on applications even if a person files this request in court. If enough time passes or the situation changes, a person can start a new case in a different county with a different judge.1
Read the official explanation
This bill allows an applicant before the Iowa utilities board (IUB) under Code chapter 476 or a person whose real property is subject to an eminent domain taking claim arising from an application before IUB to file a petition seeking declaratory review from the Polk county district court. Relief by the court is limited to a declaration of the parties’ rights, status, and other legal matters relating to eminent domain. The bill does not limit IUB’s authority to proceed with an application that was under consideration at the time of such a petition. The bill allows a person to commence a new action in a district court of a county other than Polk county with a different district court judge if more than months have passed since the commencement of a prior action or the facts and circumstances presented in the prior proceeding have changed. In such a proceeding, the bill requires the court to review the issues without giving precedential weight to the findings in the prior action.
Why it matters. People applying to the Iowa utilities board or property owners facing eminent domain can ask a Polk County district court judge to clarify their legal rights. These individuals may also start a new case in a different county if enough time has passed or if the circumstances of their situation change.2
Changed since by amendments H-8259, H-8229; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named April 3, 2024. On April 10, 2024 it recommended passage. [].
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
31 written public comments to its subcommittee: April 9, 2024 (10), April 9, 2024 (10), April 9, 2024 (10), January 31, 2024 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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