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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 229 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE AVAILABILITY OF A MAP INDICATING THE LOCA- 1 5 TION OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES RELATED TO THE EX- 1 6 TENSION OF A FRANCHISE. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 478.13, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 11 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 12 Any person, firm, or corporation owning a franchise granted 1 13 under this chapter or previously existing law, desiring to 1 14 acquire extensions of such franchise, may petition the 1 15 utilities board in the manner provided for the granting of a 1 16 franchise and thesameproceeding shall behadconducted in 1 17 the same manner asonan original application, including the 1 18 assessing of costs provided by section 478.4except that in1 19the event. If the extension of franchise is sought for all 1 20 lines in a given county or counties, the published notice need 1 21 not contain a general description of the lands and highways 1 22 traversed by the lines, but in lieuthereofof containing such 1 23 description the petitioner mayhave on file at its offices in1 24the county or counties affectedoffer to provide to any 1 25 interested party, free of charge and within ten working days, 1 26 a current, accurate map showing the location of the lines for 1 27 which the franchise extension is sought, said map to be1 28available for examination by any interested party, and the. 1 29 The public notice shall advise the citizens of the county or 1 30 counties affected of thelocation andavailability of such 1 31 map. If this alternate procedure is not followedthenthe 1 32 publication of the description of the lands and highways 1 33 traversed by the lines shall be done in the manner as in an 1 34 original application for franchise. In any event an extension 1 35 under this sectionwillshall be granted only for a valid, 2 1 existing franchise and the lands, roads, or streams covered 2 2therebyby the franchise over, through, or upon which electric 2 3 transmission lines have in fact been erected or constructed 2 4 and are in use or operation at the time of the application for 2 5 the extension of franchise. Such petition shall be 2 6 accompanied by the written consent of the applicant that the 2 7 provisions of all laws relating to public utilities, 2 8 franchises, and transmission lines, or to the regulation, 2 9 supervision, or control thereof which are then in force or 2 10 which may be thereafter enacted, shall apply to its existing 2 11 line or lines, franchises, and rights with the same force and 2 12 effect as if such franchise had been granted or such lines had 2 13 been constructed or rights had been obtained under the 2 14 provisions of this chapter. 2 15 2 16 2 17 2 18 RON J. CORBETT 2 19 Speaker of the House 2 20 2 21 2 22 2 23 MARY E. KRAMER 2 24 President of the Senate 2 25 2 26 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 2 27 is known as House File 229, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 2 28 2 29 2 30 2 31 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 2 32 Chief Clerk of the House 2 33 Approved , 1997 2 34 2 35 3 1 3 2 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 3 3 Governor
Text: HF00228 Text: HF00230 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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