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House Journal: Page 2253: Wednesday, May 3, 1995

Absent or not voting, 4:
Brammer        	Connors        	Shoultz        	Wise
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.

IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that Senate File 478 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
Renken of Grundy called up for consideration House File 303, a
bill for an act relating to pipelines and underground storage of
hazardous liquids, and providing penalties and effective and
retroactive applicability date provisions, amended by the
Senate, and moved that the House concur in the following Senate
amendment H-4216:
H-4216
 1     Amend House File 303 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 37, by inserting after line 33 the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  480.9  LIABILITY FOR
 5   OWNER OF FARMLAND.
 6     An owner of farmland used in a farm operation, as
 7   defined in section 352.2, who complies with the
 8   requirements of this chapter shall not be held
 9   responsible for any damages to an underground
10   facility, including fiber optic cable, if the damage
11   occurred on the farmland in the normal course of the
12   farm operation, unless the owner intentionally damaged
13   the underground facility or acted with wanton
14   disregard or recklessness in causing the damage to the
15   underground facility.  For purposes of this section,
16   an "owner" includes a family member, employee, or
17   tenant of the owner."
18     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate
amendment H-4216.
Renken of Grundy moved that the bill, as amended by the Senate
and concurred in by the House, be read a last time now and
placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was
read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 303)
The ayes were, 94:
Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Bernau
Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess        	Bradley

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