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Relating to liquid hazardous pipeline voluntary easement negotiation requirements and including effective date provisions
Topics:Energy & utilitiesState government
Same legislation: SF 103
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 19, 2023
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- 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 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 Companies wanting to build liquid hazardous pipelines must get written, notarized permission from landowners before negotiating for an easement. Once a landowner agrees to talk, the company cannot contact them more than twice a month unless the owner says otherwise. If a company breaks these rules, they must pay a $1,000 fine per violation to the landowner.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to liquid hazardous pipeline voluntary easement negotiation requirements. The bill requires a pipeline company (company) applying for a permit and negotiating a voluntary easement to first acquire signed, witnessed, and notarized written permission from an affected landowner. Upon consent being granted, a company or company’s agents shall not exceed two communications per month with a landowner unless the landowner waives the restriction through written permission. Violations of the bill shall be reported to the Iowa utilities board (board) which shall set a public hearing. If the board finds a violation has occurred, the board shall fine the company $1,000 per violation and collect and deliver the amount to the affected landowner. The bill provides an affected landowner a cause of action against a company in violation of the provisions of the bill. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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