Any person, firm, or corporation owning a franchise granted under this chapter or previously existing law, desiring to acquire extensions of such franchise, may petition the utilities board in the manner provided for the granting of a franchise and the same proceeding shall be had as on an original application, including the assessing of costs provided by section 478.4 except that in the event the extension of franchise is sought for all lines in a given county or counties the published notice need not contain a general description of the lands and highways traversed by the lines, but in lieu thereof the petitioner may have on file at its offices in the county or counties affected a current, accurate map showing the location of the lines for which the franchise extension is sought, said map to be available for examination by any interested party, and the public notice shall advise the citizens of the county or counties affected of the location and availability of such map. If this alternate procedure is not followed then the publication of the description of the lands and highways traversed by the lines shall be done in the manner as in an original application for franchise. In any event an extension under this section will be granted only for a valid, existing franchise and the lands, roads or streams covered thereby over, through or upon which electric transmission lines have in fact been erected or constructed and are in use or operation at the time of the application for extension of franchise. Such petition shall be accompanied by the written consent of the applicant that the provisions of all laws relating to public utilities, franchises, and transmission lines, or to the regulation, supervision, or control thereof which are then in force or which may be thereafter enacted shall apply to its existing line or lines, franchises, and rights with the same force and effect as if such franchise had been granted or such lines had been constructed or rights had been obtained under the provisions of this chapter.
An extension of a franchise is not required for an electric transmission line which has been permanently retired from operation at thirty-four and one-half kilovolts or more but which remains in service at a lower voltage. The board shall be notified of changes in operating status.
[S13, § 2120-o; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 8320; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 489.12; C66, 71, 73, 75, § 489.13; C77, 79, 81, § 478.13]
94 Acts, ch 1136, §4
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