House File 639 S-3141 Amend House File 639, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the House, as follows: 2 1. Page 1, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 6A.21, Code 2025, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 6A.21 Condemnation of agricultural land —— definitions. > 6 2. Page 2, after line 17 by inserting: 7 < 2. The limitation on the definition of public use, 8 public purpose, or public improvement does not apply to the 9 establishment, relocation, or improvement of a road pursuant 10 to chapter 306 , or to the establishment of a railway under the 11 supervision of the department of transportation as provided in 12 section 327C.2 , or to an airport as defined in section 328.1 , 13 or to land acquired in order to replace or mitigate land used 14 in a road project when federal law requires replacement or 15 mitigation. This limitation also does not apply to utilities, 16 persons, companies, or corporations under the jurisdiction 17 of the Iowa utilities commission or to any other utility 18 conferred the right by statute to condemn private property or 19 to otherwise exercise the power of eminent domain, except to 20 the extent such purpose includes construction of hazardous 21 liquid pipelines for the transportation or transmission of 22 liquefied carbon dioxide or aboveground merchant lines. For 23 purposes of this subsection, “utility” means a public utility as 24 defined in section 306.46, subsection 2. > 25 3. Page 2, line 27, by striking < subsection > and inserting 26 < subsections > 27 4. Page 2, after line 32 by inserting: 28 < NEW SUBSECTION . 6. The following persons are entitled 29 as of right to intervene in any proceeding conducted by the 30 commission: 31 a. A member of the general assembly. 32 b. An elected county or city official. 33 c. Any resident with a minimally plausible interest in the 34 proceeding. > 35 -1- HF 639.1798 (2) 91 sb/js 1/ 3 #1. #2. #3. #4.
5. Page 4, by striking lines 20 through 28. 1 6. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 8 and inserting 2 < An Act relating to public utilities, including requirements 3 for common carriers transporting hazardous liquids, public 4 use limitations, intervenors in contested cases and other 5 proceedings, utilities commission member attendance at 6 hearings and informational meetings, insurance requirements 7 for the granting of a hazardous liquid pipeline permit, and 8 permit, permit renewal, and operation limitations of pipelines 9 transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, and including effective 10 date and applicability provisions. > 11 7. By renumbering as necessary. 12 ______________________________ DOUG CAMPBELL ______________________________ KEVIN ALONS ______________________________ ROCKY DE WITT ______________________________ DENNIS GUTH ______________________________ MARK LOFGREN -2- HF 639.1798 (2) 91 sb/js 2/ 3 #5. #6. #7.
______________________________ MIKE PIKE ______________________________ DAVID D. ROWLEY ______________________________ SANDY SALMON ______________________________ DAVE SIRES ______________________________ JEFF TAYLOR ______________________________ CHERIELYNN WESTRICH ______________________________ JESSE GREEN -3- HF 639.1798 (2) 91 sb/js 3/ 3