Bill Text: IA HSB246 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to merchant line franchise petition requirements.(See HF 714.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-12 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 714. [HSB246 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB246-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
246
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
merchant
line
franchise
petition
1
requirements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
478.6A,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
Notwithstanding
section
478.21
,
in
addition
to
any
3
other
applicable
requirements
pursuant
to
this
chapter
,
if
a
4
petition
for
a
franchise
to
construct
a
merchant
line
that
5
is
proposed
to
be
constructed
above
ground
and
involves
the
6
taking
of
property
under
eminent
domain
is
not
approved
by
the
7
board
and
a
franchise
granted
within
three
years
following
the
8
date
the
petition
is
filed
with
the
board
pursuant
to
section
9
478.3
,
the
board
shall
reject
the
petition
and
make
a
record
10
of
the
rejection.
If
the
hearing
on
the
petition
conducted
11
pursuant
to
section
478.4
has
been
held
within
the
three-year
12
period
following
the
date
the
petition
is
filed,
but
the
board
13
has
not
completed
its
deliberations
within
that
three-year
14
period,
the
three-year
period
may
be
extended
by
the
board
to
15
allow
completion
of
deliberations.
A
petitioner
shall
not
file
16
a
petition
for
the
same
or
a
similar
project
that
has
been
17
rejected
within
sixty
months
following
the
date
of
rejection
18
if
the
rejection
was
for
failure
to
be
approved
within
three
19
years
following
the
date
the
petition
was
filed
as
provided
in
20
this
subsection
.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
merchant
line
franchise
petition
25
requirements.
26
The
bill
specifies
that
if
a
proposed
aboveground
merchant
27
line
involving
the
use
of
eminent
domain
fails
to
be
approved
28
by
the
Iowa
utilities
board
within
three
years
following
the
29
submission
of
the
franchise’s
petition,
the
board
shall
reject
30
the
petition.
Current
law
does
not
restrict
this
provision
to
31
aboveground
merchant
lines.
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