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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 479.48, subsection 5, Code Supplement 1 2 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 5. If a pipeline right-of-way is abandoned for pipeline 1 4 use, but the pipe is not removed from the right-of-way, the 1 5 pipeline company shall remain subject to section 479.49, shall 1 6 remain responsible for the additional costs of subsequent 1 7 tiling as provided for in section 479.47, shall mark the 1 8 location of the line in response to a notice of proposed 1 9 excavation in accordance with chapter 480, and shall remain 1 10 subject to the damage provisions of this chapter in the event 1 11 access to or excavation relating to the pipe is required. The 1 12 landowner shall provide reasonable access to the pipeline in 1 13 order to carry out the responsibilities of this subsection. 1 14 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 479.49 FARMLAND IMPROVEMENTS. 1 15 A landowner may require a representative of the pipeline 1 16 company to be present on-site at all times during each phase 1 17 and separate activity related to a farmland improvement within 1 18 fifty feet of either side of a pipeline. A farmland 1 19 improvement includes, but is not limited to, the terracing of 1 20 farmland and tiling. 1 21 Sec. 3. Section 479A.27, subsection 5, Code Supplement 1 22 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 23 5. If a pipeline right-of-way is abandoned for pipeline 1 24 use, but the pipe is not removed from the right-of-way, the 1 25 pipeline company shall remain subject to section 479A.28, 1 26 shall remain responsible for the additional costs of 1 27 subsequent tiling as provided for in section 479A.26, shall 1 28 mark the location of the line in response to a notice of 1 29 proposed excavation in accordance with chapter 480, and shall 1 30 remain subject to the damage provisions of this chapter in the 1 31 event access to or excavation relating to the pipe is 1 32 required. The landowner shall provide reasonable access to 1 33 the pipeline in order to carry out the responsibilities of 1 34 this subsection. 1 35 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 479A.28 FARMLAND IMPROVEMENTS. 2 1 A landowner may require a representative of the pipeline 2 2 company to be present on-site at all times during each phase 2 3 and separate activity related to a farmland improvement within 2 4 fifty feet of either side of a pipeline. A farmland 2 5 improvement includes, but is not limited to, the terracing of 2 6 farmland and tiling. 2 7 Sec. 5. Section 479B.32, subsection 5, Code Supplement 2 8 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 9 5. If a pipeline right-of-way is abandoned for pipeline 2 10 use, but the pipe is not removed from the right-of-way, the 2 11 pipeline company shall remain subject to section 479B.33, 2 12 shall remain responsible for the additional costs of 2 13 subsequent tiling as provided for in section 479B.31, shall 2 14 mark the location of the line in response to a notice of 2 15 proposed excavation in accordance with chapter 480, and shall 2 16 remain subject to the damage provisions of this chapter in the 2 17 event access to or excavation relating to the pipe is 2 18 required. The landowner shall provide reasonable access to 2 19 the pipeline in order to carry out the responsibilities of 2 20 this subsection. 2 21 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 479B.33 FARMLAND IMPROVEMENTS. 2 22 A landowner may require a representative of the pipeline 2 23 company to be present on-site at all times during each phase 2 24 and separate activity related to a farmland improvement within 2 25 fifty feet of either side of a pipeline. A farmland 2 26 improvement includes, but is not limited to, the terracing of 2 27 farmland and tiling. 2 28 EXPLANATION 2 29 This bill provides that a landowner may require a 2 30 representative of a pipeline company to be present on-site at 2 31 all times during each phase and separate activity related to a 2 32 farmland improvement within fifty feet of either side of a 2 33 pipeline. The bill provides that if a pipeline right-of-way 2 34 is abandoned for pipeline use, but the pipe is not removed 2 35 from the right-of-way, the pipeline company remains subject to 3 1 the provisions of this bill. The bill applies to pipelines, 3 2 interstate natural gas pipelines, and hazardous liquid 3 3 pipelines. 3 4 LSB 5652XS 78 3 5 tm/cf/24.3
Text: SF02154 Text: SF02156 Text: SF02100 - SF02199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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