Bill Text: IA SSB1208 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the financing of the construction or repair of equipment or facilities used to provide telecommunications services.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-23 - Subcommittee Meeting: 02/24/2021 1:30PM 217 Conference Room. [SSB1208 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SSB1208-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1208
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SCHULTZ)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
financing
of
the
construction
or
1
repair
of
equipment
or
facilities
used
to
provide
2
telecommunications
services.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
28F.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
This
chapter
provides
a
means
for
the
joint
financing
3
by
public
agencies
of
works
or
facilities
useful
and
necessary
4
for
the
collection,
treatment,
purification,
and
disposal
5
in
a
sanitary
manner
of
liquid
and
solid
waste,
sewage,
6
and
industrial
waste,
facilities
used
for
the
conversion
of
7
solid
waste
to
energy,
works
or
facilities
useful
for
the
8
operation
of
a
telecommunications
system
or
the
provision
9
of
telecommunications
services,
gasworks
and
facilities
10
useful
for
the
delivery
of
natural
gas
service,
and
also
11
electric
power
facilities
constructed
within
the
state
of
12
Iowa,
except
that
hydroelectric
power
facilities
may
also
be
13
located
in
the
waters
and
on
the
dams
of
or
on
land
adjacent
14
to
either
side
of
the
Mississippi
or
Missouri
river
bordering
15
the
state
of
Iowa,
water
supply
systems,
swimming
pools
16
or
golf
courses.
This
chapter
applies
to
the
acquisition,
17
construction,
reconstruction,
ownership,
operation,
repair,
18
extension,
or
improvement
of
such
works
or
facilities,
by
a
19
separate
administrative
or
legal
entity
created
pursuant
to
20
chapter
28E
or
chapter
389
.
When
the
legal
entity
created
21
under
this
chapter
is
comprised
solely
of
cities,
counties,
22
and
sanitary
districts
established
under
chapter
358
,
or
any
23
combination
thereof
or
any
combination
of
the
foregoing
with
24
other
public
agencies,
the
entity
shall
be
both
a
corporation
25
and
a
political
subdivision
with
the
name
under
which
it
was
26
organized.
The
legal
entity
may
sue
and
be
sued,
contract,
27
acquire
and
hold
real
and
personal
property
necessary
for
28
corporate
purposes,
adopt
a
corporate
seal
and
alter
the
seal
29
at
pleasure,
and
execute
all
the
powers
conferred
in
this
30
chapter
.
31
Sec.
2.
Section
384.37,
subsection
19,
Code
2021,
is
amended
32
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
33
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
n.
Underground
or
overhead
fiber
connections
34
and
other
equipment
or
facilities
useful
for
providing
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telecommunications
services.
1
Sec.
3.
Section
384.62,
subsection
2,
Code
2021,
is
amended
2
to
read
as
follows:
3
2.
Special
assessments
for
the
construction
or
repair
of
4
equipment
or
facilities
useful
for
providing
telecommunications
5
services
or
for
the
construction
or
repair
of
underground
6
connections
for
private
property
for
gas,
water,
sewers,
or
7
electricity
may
be
assessed
to
each
lot
for
the
actual
cost
8
of
each
connection
for
that
lot,
and
the
twenty-five
percent
9
limitation
does
not
apply.
Such
connections
shall
not
be
10
installed
to
service
railway
right-of-way
without
written
11
agreement
with
the
railway
company
owning
or
leasing
the
12
right-of-way.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
relates
to
the
financing
of
the
construction
17
or
repair
of
equipment
or
facilities
used
to
provide
18
telecommunications
services.
19
The
bill
permits
joint
financing
under
Code
chapter
20
28F
for
works
or
facilities
useful
for
the
operation
21
of
a
telecommunications
system
or
the
provision
of
22
telecommunications
services.
23
The
bill
permits
cities
to
use
special
assessments
to
24
finance
construction
or
repair
of
equipment
or
facilities
25
useful
for
providing
telecommunications
services.
26
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