House Journal: Page 1354: Monday, April 10, 2000
34 a pipeline company shall hold informational
35 meetings in each county in which real property or
36 property rights will be affected at least thirty days
37 prior to filing the petition for a new pipeline. A
38 member of the board or a person designated by the
39 board shall serve as the presiding officer at each
40 meeting and, shall present an agenda for the meeting
41 which shall include a summary of the legal rights of
42 the affected landowners, and shall distribute and
43 review the statement of individual rights required
44 under section 6B.2A. No a formal record of the
45 meeting shall not be required.
46 The notice shall set forth the name of the
47 applicant; the applicant's principal place of
48 business; the general description and purpose of the
49 proposed project; the general nature of the right-of-
50 way desired; the possibility that the right-of-way may
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1 be acquired by condemnation if approved by the
2 utilities board; a map showing the route of the
3 proposed project; a description of the process used by
4 the utilities board in making a decision on whether to
5 approve a permit including the right to take property
6 by eminent domain; that the landowner has a right to
7 be present at such meeting and to file objections with
8 the board; and a designation of the time and place of
9 the meeting; and. The notice shall be served by
10 certified mail with return receipt requested not less
11 than thirty days previous to the time set for the
12 meeting; and shall be published once in a newspaper of
13 general circulation in the county. The publication
14 shall be considered notice to landowners whose
15 residence is not known and to each person in
16 possession of or residing on the property provided a
17 good faith effort to notify can be demonstrated by the
18 pipeline company.
19 Sec. ___. Section 479.7, Code 1999, is amended by
20 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
21 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. Where a petition seeks
22 the use of the right of eminent domain over specific
23 parcels of real property, the board shall prescribe
24 the notice to be served upon the owners of record and
25 parties in possession of the property over which the
26 use of the right of eminent domain is sought. The
27 notice shall include the statement of individual
28 rights required pursuant to section 6B.2A."
29 23. By renumbering as necessary.
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