H-8155

   Amend House File 2458 as follows:
   1.  Page 28, by striking lines 17 through 26.
   2.  Page 33, after line 18 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 478.6, Code 2014, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
   NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, a franchise shall not be granted or extended when the petition for a franchise or extension of a franchise involves construction or extension of a high voltage direct current transmission line exceeding three hundred miles in length in this state and extending across a state boundary line if, in such county affected by the proposed project, more than twenty-five percent of the specific parcels of real property over which a right-of-way easement or other property interest is sought to be acquired will be acquired by exercise of the right of eminent domain.>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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