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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
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