SF 103: Relating to liquid hazardous pipeline voluntary easement negotiation requirements and including effective date provisions

What it does

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.

Senate subcommittee · named January 25, 2023

• Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
• Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 10 against

For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Farmers Union

Against: Heavy Highway Contractors Association; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRF); Iowa State Building and Construction Trades; Laborers International Union of North America; Navigator Heartland Greenway LLC; North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters; Summit Carbon Solutions; UAW Region 4; Wolf Carbon Solutions

In plain words

1. January 19, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
2. January 25, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Brown, Bisignano and Bousselot