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House Study Bill 278

Bill Text

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 657.1, Code 2003, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    657.1  NUISANCE – WHAT CONSTITUTES – ACTION TO ABATE.
  1  4    1.  Whatever is injurious to health, indecent, or
  1  5 unreasonably offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the
  1  6 free use of property, so as essentially to unreasonably
  1  7 interfere unreasonably with the comfortable enjoyment of life
  1  8 or property, is a nuisance, and a civil action by ordinary
  1  9 proceedings may be brought to enjoin and abate the same
  1 10 nuisance and to recover damages sustained on account thereof
  1 11 of the nuisance.
  1 12    2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, an act taken or property
  1 13 maintained by a public utility, as defined in chapter 476, in
  1 14 compliance with administrative rules adopted by the utilities
  1 15 board of the department of commerce or other legal standards
  1 16 shall not be considered a nuisance.  
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill amends Code section 657.1, relating to the
  1 19 definition of nuisance.  The new subsection provides that
  1 20 public utility action taken or property maintained in
  1 21 compliance with utilities board rules or other legal standards
  1 22 shall not be considered a nuisance.  
  1 23 LSB 2837HC 80
  1 24 jj/sh/8

Text: HSB00277                          Text: HSB00279
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