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Providing for the transportation of biogas using a gathering line system constructed within a secondary road right-of-way, providing fees, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House Ways and Means Committee
Topics:AgricultureEnergy & utilitiesTransportationLivestock & confinements
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 30, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 30, 2023
- Done: House committeeApril 5, 2023
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 Iowa is creating new rules for companies that build pipelines to move biogas from livestock farms to processing plants. These companies can install or repair their pipelines along county secondary roads as long as they follow certain permit and fee requirements. Operators must also make sure their work does not permanently block people from using the roads.1
Read the official explanation
GENERAL.1). The bill regulates the transportation of biogas from an anaerobic digester system (ADS) to a processing facility for the production of renewable natural gas. TERMINOLOGY.206).102)., refinement).2).4). An owner or operator of a GLS does not include a public utility (regulated under Code chapter 476). AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT GATHERING LINE SYSTEMS WITHIN A SECONDARY ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY —— REQUIREMENTS.3). The owner or operator must comply with any permitting requirements of, including the payment of any applicable fees to, the county possessing the secondary road right-of-way. In addition, the county may require the owner or operator to send a written notice of the construction to the last-known address of the owner of the secondary road right-of-way. The owner or operator must also notify the statewide notification center of any planned excavation (Code chapter 480).4). The bill takes effect upon enactment.
House subcommittee
Named March 30, 2023 (as HSB 238). On April 5, 2023 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Lobbying
5 for · 3 against · 18 undecided · Who →
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