House File 2296 H-8031 Amend House File 2296 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 477.1, Code 2022, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 477.1 Right-of-way. 6 Any person, firm, and corporation, within or without the 7 state, may construct a telegraph or telephone line or cable 8 system along the public roads of the state, or across or under 9 the rivers or over, under, or through any lands belonging to 10 the state or any private individual, and may erect or install 11 necessary fixtures. However, construction of a telegraph or 12 telephone line or cable system along a primary road is subject 13 to rules adopted by the state department of transportation. 14 For purposes of this subchapter, broadband infrastructure, as 15 defined in section 477.1A, shall be considered a necessary 16 fixture erected or installed in connection with a cable system. 17 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 477.1A Broadband infrastructure —— 18 right-of-way. 19 1. For purposes of this section, unless the context 20 otherwise requires: 21 a. “Broadband infrastructure” means the same as defined in 22 section 8B.1. 23 b. “Municipality” means the same as defined in section 24 419.1. 25 2. A municipality shall provide nondiscriminatory access 26 along a public road right-of-way and to a municipality-owned 27 conduit for the installation of broadband infrastructure for 28 the purpose of providing broadband services to the public. A 29 municipality shall not require a service provider to place the 30 broadband infrastructure within a municipality-owned conduit 31 as a condition of accessing a public road right-of-way. The 32 location of broadband infrastructure shall comply with section 33 318.9. > 34 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting < An 35 -1- HF 2296.3222 (1) 89 es/rn 1/ 2 #1.