H-8237

   Amend  the amendment, H-8193, to Senate File 2022, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, by striking lines 5 through 11 and inserting: 
   <<Sec. ___.  Section 479B.16, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A pipeline company granted a pipeline permit shall, subject to subsection 4, be vested with the right of eminent domain, to the extent necessary and as prescribed and approved by the board, not exceeding seventy-five feet in width for right-of-way and not exceeding one acre in any one location in addition to right-of-way for the location of pumps, pressure apparatus, or other stations or equipment necessary to the proper operation of its pipeline. The board may grant additional eminent domain rights where the pipeline company has presented sufficient evidence to adequately demonstrate that a greater area is required for the proper construction, operation, and maintenance of the pipeline or for the location of pumps, pressure apparatus, or other stations or equipment necessary to the proper operation of its pipeline.
   Sec. ___.  Section 479B.16, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  A pipeline company granted a pipeline permit and seeking the right of eminent domain under this chapter shall acquire consent from seventy percent or more of landowners affected by the proposed project prior to beginning pipeline construction. The pipeline company shall submit evidence of landowner approval to the board.
   Sec. ___.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to applications to construct a new pipeline submitted on or after the effective date of the Act.>
   2.  Page 1, line 16, after <date> by inserting <and applicability>

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HANSEN of Woodbury