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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2213 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO ON-SITE PRESENCE OF A PIPELINE COMPANY 1 5 REPRESENTATIVE DURING FARMLAND IMPROVEMENTS NEAR PIPELINES. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 479.48, subsection 5, Code Supplement 1 10 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 11 5.IfUnless otherwise agreed to in writing by the 1 12 landowner and the pipeline company, if a pipeline right-of-way 1 13 is abandoned for pipeline use, but the pipe is not removed 1 14 from the right-of-way, the pipeline company shall remain 1 15 subject to section 479.49, shall remain responsible for the 1 16 additional costs of subsequent tiling as provided for in 1 17 section 479.47, shall mark the location of the line in 1 18 response to a notice of proposed excavation in accordance with 1 19 chapter 480, and shall remain subject to the damage provisions 1 20 of this chapter in the event access to or excavation relating 1 21 to the pipe is required. The landowner shall provide 1 22 reasonable access to the pipeline in order to carry out the 1 23 responsibilities of this subsection. 1 24 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 479.49 FARMLAND IMPROVEMENTS. 1 25 A landowner or contractor may require a representative of 1 26 the pipeline company to be present on-site, at no charge to 1 27 the landowner, at all times during each phase and separate 1 28 activity related to a farmland improvement within fifty feet 1 29 of either side of a pipeline. If the pipeline company and the 1 30 landowner or contractor constructing the farmland improvement 1 31 mutually agree that a representative of the pipeline company 1 32 is not required to be present, the requirements of this 1 33 section are waived in relation to the farmland improvement 1 34 which would have otherwise made the requirements of this 1 35 section applicable. A farmland improvement includes, but is 2 1 not limited to, the terracing of farmland and tiling. 2 2 Sec. 3. Section 479A.27, subsection 5, Code Supplement 2 3 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 4 5.IfUnless otherwise agreed to in writing by the 2 5 landowner and the pipeline company, if a pipeline right-of-way 2 6 is abandoned for pipeline use, but the pipe is not removed 2 7 from the right-of-way, the pipeline company shall remain 2 8 subject to section 479A.28, shall remain responsible for the 2 9 additional costs of subsequent tiling as provided for in 2 10 section 479A.26, shall mark the location of the line in 2 11 response to a notice of proposed excavation in accordance with 2 12 chapter 480, and shall remain subject to the damage provisions 2 13 of this chapter in the event access to or excavation relating 2 14 to the pipe is required. The landowner shall provide 2 15 reasonable access to the pipeline in order to carry out the 2 16 responsibilities of this subsection. 2 17 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 479A.28 FARMLAND IMPROVEMENTS. 2 18 A landowner or contractor may require a representative of 2 19 the pipeline company to be present on-site, at no charge to 2 20 the landowner, at all times during each phase and separate 2 21 activity related to a farmland improvement within fifty feet 2 22 of either side of a pipeline. If the pipeline company and the 2 23 landowner or contractor constructing the farmland improvement 2 24 mutually agree that a representative of the pipeline company 2 25 is not required to be present, the requirements of this 2 26 section are waived in relation to the farmland improvement 2 27 which would have otherwise made the requirements of this 2 28 section applicable. A farmland improvement includes, but is 2 29 not limited to, the terracing of farmland and tiling. 2 30 Sec. 5. Section 479B.32, subsection 5, Code Supplement 2 31 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 32 5.IfUnless otherwise agreed to in writing by the 2 33 landowner and the pipeline company, 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 shall remain 3 1 subject to section 479B.33, shall remain responsible for the 3 2 additional costs of subsequent tiling as provided for in 3 3 section 479B.31, shall mark the location of the line in 3 4 response to a notice of proposed excavation in accordance with 3 5 chapter 480, and shall remain subject to the damage provisions 3 6 of this chapter in the event access to or excavation relating 3 7 to the pipe is required. The landowner shall provide 3 8 reasonable access to the pipeline in order to carry out the 3 9 responsibilities of this subsection. 3 10 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 479B.33 FARMLAND IMPROVEMENTS. 3 11 A landowner or contractor may require a representative of 3 12 the pipeline company to be present on-site, at no charge to 3 13 the landowner, at all times during each phase and separate 3 14 activity related to a farmland improvement within fifty feet 3 15 of either side of a pipeline. If the pipeline company and the 3 16 landowner or contractor constructing the farmland improvement 3 17 mutually agree that a representative of the pipeline company 3 18 is not required to be present, the requirements of this 3 19 section are waived in relation to the farmland improvement 3 20 which would have otherwise made the requirements of this 3 21 section applicable. A farmland improvement includes, but is 3 22 not limited to, the terracing of farmland and tiling. 3 23 3 24 3 25 3 26 MARY E. KRAMER 3 27 President of the Senate 3 28 3 29 3 30 3 31 BRENT SIEGRIST 3 32 Speaker of the House 3 33 3 34 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 35 is known as Senate File 2213, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 4 5 Secretary of the Senate 4 6 Approved , 2000 4 7 4 8 4 9 4 10 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 11 Governor
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