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Senate Amendment 3365

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  1  1    Amend House File 303 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 13, by inserting after line 30 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  479.48  LANDOWNER
  1  5 LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES.
  1  6    A landowner shall not be held responsible for any
  1  7 damages to a pipeline under this chapter if the
  1  8 damages occurred in the normal course of doing
  1  9 business on the landowner's property, unless the
  1 10 landowner intentionally damaged the pipeline or acted
  1 11 with wanton disregard or recklessness in causing the
  1 12 damage to the pipeline.  For purposes of this section,
  1 13 "landowner" means the owner of the property, a family
  1 14 member or employee of the owner of the property, or a
  1 15 tenant of the owner of the property."
  1 16    #2.  Page 19, by inserting after line 7 the
  1 17 following:
  1 18    "Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  479A.27  LANDOWNER
  1 19 LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES.
  1 20    A landowner shall not be held responsible for any
  1 21 damages to a pipeline under this chapter if the
  1 22 damages occurred in the normal course of doing
  1 23 business on the landowner's property, unless the
  1 24 landowner intentionally damaged the pipeline or acted
  1 25 with wanton disregard or recklessness in causing the
  1 26 damage to the pipeline.  For purposes of this section,
  1 27 "landowner" means the owner of the property, a family
  1 28 member or employee of the owner of the property, or a
  1 29 tenant of the owner of the property."
  1 30    #3.  Page 37, by inserting after line 33 the
  1 31 following:
  1 32    "Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  479B.32  LANDOWNER
  1 33 LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES.
  1 34    A landowner shall not be held responsible for any
  1 35 damages to a pipeline under this chapter if the
  1 36 damages occurred in the normal course of doing
  1 37 business on the landowner's property, unless the
  1 38 landowner intentionally damaged the pipeline or acted
  1 39 with wanton disregard or recklessness in causing the
  1 40 damage to the pipeline.  For purposes of this section,
  1 41 "landowner" means the owner of the property, a family
  1 42 member or employee of the owner of the property, or a
  1 43 tenant of the owner of the property.
  1 44    Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  480.9  LANDOWNER LIABILITY
  1 45 FOR DAMAGES.
  1 46    A landowner who complies with the requirements of
  1 47 this chapter, shall not be held responsible for any
  1 48 damages to an underground facility, including fiber
  1 49 optic cable, if the damages occurred in the normal
  1 50 course of doing business on the landowner's property,
  2  1 unless the landowner intentionally damaged the
  2  2 underground facility or acted with wanton disregard or
  2  3 recklessness in causing the damage to the underground
  2  4 facility.  For purposes of this section, "landowner"
  2  5 means the owner of the property, a family member or
  2  6 employee of the owner of the property, or a tenant of
  2  7 the owner of the property."
  2  8    #4.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2  9 
  2 10 
  2 11                              
  2 12 COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, 
  2 13 ENVIRONMENT, AND ENERGY
  2 14 BILL FINK, Chairperson
  2 15 HF 303.702 76
  2 16 js/sc
     

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