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Relating to merchant line franchise petition requirements and levee and drainage districts, and including retroactive applicability provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Ways and Means Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedApril 11, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeApril 12, 2023
- Done: Senate committeeApril 24, 2023
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 26, 202349–0
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 19, 202395–0
- Done: To the GovernorMay 9, 2023
- Done: Signed into lawJune 1, 2023
HF 714 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 714, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 714 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This law changes how certain companies can request permission to build merchant lines. If a company asks to use eminent domain for an aboveground line and the Iowa Utilities Board does not approve it within three years, the request will be rejected. Additionally, the definition of a culvert in drainage districts will now include drains, tiles, or tile lines.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to merchant line franchise petition requirements and levee and drainage districts. The bill defines “culvert” to include a drain, tile, or tile line in Code chapter 468, relating to levee and drainage districts. The bill specifies that if a proposed aboveground merchant line involving the use of eminent domain fails to be approved by the Iowa utilities board within three years following the submission of the franchise’s petition, the board shall reject the petition. Current law does not restrict this provision to aboveground merchant lines. The section of the bill amending Code section 478.6A applies retroactively to a petition for a franchise submitted on or after September 1, 2020.
Changed since by amendments S-3188, S-3184, H-1248; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named April 12, 2023 (as SSB 1217). On April 19, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
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