H-8153

   Amend Senate File 2195, as passed by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 6, after line 33 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 478.3, subsection 2, Code 2014, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0b.  Petitions for transmission lines capable of operating at more than one hundred kilovolts direct current and either extending a distance of not less than one mile or extending across state boundaries shall also demonstrate that prior to filing the petition the proposed construction has been examined, accepted, and identified in appendix A of the most recent annual midcontinent independent system operator transmission expansion plan as approved by the midcontinent independent system operator board of directors, or approved as part of the expansion plan of any successor regional transmission organization representing the area in which the proposed lines will be constructed. Notwithstanding paragraph “b”, this requirement shall not be subject to waiver by the utilities board.
   Sec. ___.  Section 478.13, Code 2014, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  If an extension is sought for transmission lines capable of operating at more than one hundred kilovolts direct current and either extending a distance of not less than one mile or extending across state boundaries, the application shall be subject to the requirement in section 478.3, subsection 2, paragraph “0b”.
   Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  The following provision or provisions of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon enactment:
   1.  The section of this Act enacting section 478.3, subsection 2, paragraph “0b”.
   2.  The section of this Act enacting section 478.13, subsection 6.
   Sec. ___.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  The following provision or provisions of this Act apply retroactively to January 1, 2014:
   1.  The section of this Act enacting section 478.3, subsection 2, paragraph “0b”.
   2.  The section of this Act enacting section 478.13, subsection 6.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and inserting <An Act relating to matters under the purview of the utilities division of the department of commerce, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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