House File 639 S-3153 Amend House File 639, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the House, as follows: 2 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 3 inserting: 4 < Section 1. Section 6A.21, subsection 2, Code 2025, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 2. The limitation on the definition of public use, 7 public purpose, or public improvement does not apply to the 8 establishment, relocation, or improvement of a road pursuant 9 to chapter 306 , or to the establishment of a railway under the 10 supervision of the department of transportation as provided in 11 section 327C.2 , or to an airport as defined in section 328.1 , 12 or to land acquired in order to replace or mitigate land used 13 in a road project when federal law requires replacement or 14 mitigation. This limitation also does not apply to utilities, 15 persons, companies, or corporations under the jurisdiction 16 of the Iowa utilities commission or to any other utility 17 conferred the right by statute to condemn private property or 18 to otherwise exercise the power of eminent domain, except to 19 the extent such purpose includes construction of hazardous 20 liquid pipelines for the transportation or transmission of 21 liquefied carbon dioxide or aboveground merchant lines. For 22 purposes of this subsection, “utility” means a public utility as 23 defined in section 306.46, subsection 2. 24 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 25 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 26 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to condemnation 27 proceedings for which the application filed under section 6B.3 28 is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. > 29 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 8 and inserting 30 < An Act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the 31 construction of hazardous liquid pipelines and including 32 effective date and applicability provisions. > 33 -1- HF 639.1918 (1) 91 sb/js 1/ 2 #1.