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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 478.13, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 2 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 Any person, firm, or corporation owning a franchise granted 1 4 under this chapter or previously existing law, desiring to 1 5 acquire extensions of such franchise, may petition the 1 6 utilities board in the manner provided for the granting of a 1 7 franchise and thesameproceeding shall behadconducted in 1 8 the same manner asonan original application, including the 1 9 assessing of costs provided by section 478.4except that in1 10the event. If the extension of franchise is sought for all 1 11 lines in a given county or counties, the published notice need 1 12 not contain a general description of the lands and highways 1 13 traversed by the lines, but in lieuthereofof containing such 1 14 description the petitioner mayhave on file at its offices in1 15the county or counties affectedoffer to provide to any 1 16 interested party, free of charge, a current, accurate map 1 17 showing the location of the lines for which the franchise 1 18 extension is sought, said map to be available for examination1 19by any interested party, and the. The public notice shall 1 20 advise the citizens of the county or counties affected of the 1 21location andavailability of such map. If this alternate 1 22 procedure is not followedthenthe publication of the 1 23 description of the lands and highways traversed by the lines 1 24 shall be done in the manner as in an original application for 1 25 franchise. In any event an extension under this sectionwill1 26 shall be granted only for a valid, existing franchise and the 1 27 lands, roads, or streams coveredtherebyby the franchise 1 28 over, through, or upon which electric transmission lines have 1 29 in fact been erected or constructed and are in use or 1 30 operation at the time of the application for the extension of 1 31 franchise. Such petition shall be accompanied by the written 1 32 consent of the applicant that the provisions of all laws 1 33 relating to public utilities, franchises, and transmission 1 34 lines, or to the regulation, supervision, or control thereof 1 35 which are then in force or which may be thereafter enacted, 2 1 shall apply to its existing line or lines, franchises, and 2 2 rights with the same force and effect as if such franchise had 2 3 been granted or such lines had been constructed or rights had 2 4 been obtained under the provisions of this chapter. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 This bill strikes language providing that a person owning a 2 7 franchise for electric transmission lines may have on file at 2 8 its offices a current map showing the location of the lines 2 9 relating to a franchise extension in lieu of a general 2 10 description in the required public notice. The bill provides 2 11 that the franchise owner may, in lieu of the general 2 12 description, offer to provide to any interested party a 2 13 current map, free of charge, showing the location of the lines 2 14 relating to a franchise extension. Currently, the public 2 15 notice is to advise the citizens of the county or counties 2 16 affected of the location and availability of such map. 2 17 LSB 1996HC 77 2 18 mj/sc/14
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