Senate File 2195 H-8162 Amend the amendment, H-8151, to Senate File 2195, as 1 passed by the Senate, as follows: 2 1. Page 8, after line 9 by inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 478.3, subsection 2, Code 2014, 4 is amended by adding the following new paragraph: 5 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0b. Petitions for transmission 6 lines capable of operating at more than one hundred 7 kilovolts direct current and either extending a 8 distance of not less than one mile or extending across 9 state boundaries shall also demonstrate that prior to 10 filing the petition the proposed construction has been 11 examined, accepted, and identified in appendix A of 12 the most recent annual midcontinent independent system 13 operator transmission expansion plan as approved by 14 the midcontinent independent system operator board of 15 directors, or approved as part of the expansion plan 16 of any successor regional transmission organization 17 representing the area in which the proposed lines will 18 be constructed. Notwithstanding paragraph “b” , this 19 requirement shall not be subject to waiver by the 20 utilities board. 21 Sec. ___. Section 478.13, Code 2014, is amended by 22 adding the following new subsection: 23 NEW SUBSECTION . 6. If an extension is sought 24 for transmission lines capable of operating at more 25 than one hundred kilovolts direct current and either 26 extending a distance of not less than one mile or 27 extending across state boundaries, the application 28 shall be subject to the requirement in section 478.3, 29 subsection 2, paragraph “0b” . > 30 2. Page 8, after line 11 by inserting: 31 < Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. The following 32 provision or provisions of this Act, being deemed of 33 immediate importance, take effect upon enactment: 34 1. The section of this Act enacting section 478.3, 35 subsection 2, paragraph “0b”. 36 2. The section of this Act enacting section 478.13, 37 subsection 6. 38 Sec. ___. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following 39 provision or provisions of this Act apply retroactively 40 to January 1, 2014: 41 1. The section of this Act enacting section 478.3, 42 subsection 2, paragraph “0b”. 43 2. The section of this Act enacting section 478.13, 44 subsection 6. > 45 3. Page 8, line 15, after < commerce > by inserting 46 < , and including effective date and retroactive 47 applicability provisions > 48 4. By renumbering as necessary. 49 -1- H8151.3597 (2) 85 rn/rn 1/ 2 #1. #2. #3.
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