H-1220

   Amend House File 741 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  STATEWIDE NOTIFICATION CENTER TASK FORCE.
   1.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
   a.  “Board” means the utilities board within the utilities division of the department of commerce.
   b.  “Excavator” means the same as defined in section 480.1.
   c.  “Locator” means a person who engages in, or proposes to engage in, the location and marking of underground facilities pursuant to a contract with an operator. “Locator” does not include an employee of an operator.
   d.  “Notification center” means the same as defined in section 480.1.
   e.  “Operator” means the same as defined in section 480.1.
   f.  “Underground facility” means the same as defined in section 480.1.
   2.  The utilities division of the department of commerce shall convene and oversee a task force to conduct a study of the operation and effectiveness of the notification center. The study shall include an examination of all of the following:
   a.  The impact of a change from the forty-eight-hour notification period specified in section 480.4 to a different notification period.
   b.  Options and recommendations for the development of a certificate program for locators in the state.
   c.  How the board and the office of the attorney general may collaborate and make recommendations regarding improvements to the operation of the notification center.
   d.  How to improve the process for obtaining the recommendations of the board of directors of the notification center regarding potential changes to chapter 480.
   e.  Whether a legislative interim study committee should be established to provide recommendations regarding potential changes to chapter 480.
   f.  The timeliness and accuracy of requests to locate underground facilities.
   g.  Options and recommendations for improving compliance with chapter 480.
   h.  Methods for resolving complaints associated with the notification center.
   i.  Options and recommendations for the administrative implementation of improvements to the operation of the notification center.
   j.  Any other metrics or measurements related to the notification center.
   3.  a.  The task force shall consist of the following members appointed by the utilities division of the department of commerce:
   (1)  One representative of the board of directors of the notification center.
   (2)  One representative of the board.
   (3)  One representative of the office of the attorney general.
   (4)  One representative of a city or county.
   (5)  One representative of a rate-regulated gas or electric public utility.
   (6)  One representative of a gas or electric public utility that is operated on a nonprofit basis.
   (7)  One representative of a municipal utility.
   (8)  One representative of a public utility that furnishes communications services to the public for compensation.
   (9)  One representative of any of the following:
   (a)  A public utility that furnishes water by piped distribution system to the public for compensation.
   (b)  A public utility that furnishes sanitary sewage or storm water drainage disposal by piped collection system to the public for compensation.
   (10)  One representative of an excavator.
   (11)  One representative of a locator.
   b.  The task force shall also consist of the following nonvoting, ex officio members:
   (1)  The chairperson of the senate standing committee on commerce, or the chairperson’s designee.
   (2)  The ranking member of the senate standing committee on commerce, or the ranking member’s designee.
   (3)  The chairperson of the house of representatives’ standing committee on commerce, or the chairperson’s designee.
   (4)  The ranking member of the house of representatives’ standing committee on commerce, or the ranking member’s designee.
   4.  The task force shall submit a report, including findings and recommendations for policy changes, to the members of the general assembly by December 31, 2021.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting <An Act establishing a task force relating to the statewide notification center.>

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LOHSE of Polk