Bill Text: IA HF2277 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to utility facilities of electric transmission owners within public road rights-of-way. Effective 7-1-16.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-11 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 457. [HF2277 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2277-Enrolled.html

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House File 2277 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 506)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        House File 2277

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO UTILITY FACILITIES OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION OWNERS
    WITHIN PUBLIC ROAD RIGHTS=OF=WAY.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 306.46, subsection 2, Code 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
    2.  For purposes of this section, "public utility" means
 a public utility as defined in section 476.1, and shall also
 include waterworks, municipally owned waterworks, joint water
 utilities, rural water districts incorporated under chapter
 357A or chapter 504, and cooperative water associations, and
 electric transmission owners as defined in section 476.27
 primarily providing service to public utilities as defined
 in section 476.1. For the purposes of this section, "utility
 facilities" means any cables, conduits, wire, pipe, casing
  pipe, supporting poles, guys, and other material and equipment
 utilized for the furnishing of electric, gas, communications,
 water, or sewer service.


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 2277, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2016


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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