House File 639 S-3159 Amend the amendment, S-3153, to House File 639, as amended, 1 passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows: 2 1. By striking page 1, line 1, through page 1, line 33, and 3 inserting: 4 < Amend House File 639, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 5 the House, as follows: 6 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 7 inserting: 8 < Section 1. Section 6A.21, subsection 2, Code 2025, is 9 amended to read as follows: 10 2. The limitation on the definition of public use, 11 public purpose, or public improvement does not apply to the 12 establishment, relocation, or improvement of a road pursuant 13 to chapter 306 , or to the establishment of a railway under the 14 supervision of the department of transportation as provided in 15 section 327C.2 , or to an airport as defined in section 328.1 , 16 or to land acquired in order to replace or mitigate land used 17 in a road project when federal law requires replacement or 18 mitigation. This limitation also does not apply to utilities, 19 persons, companies, or corporations under the jurisdiction 20 of the Iowa utilities commission or to any other utility 21 conferred the right by statute to condemn private property or 22 to otherwise exercise the power of eminent domain, except to 23 the extent such purpose includes the construction of hazardous 24 liquid pipelines for the transportation or transmission of 25 liquefied carbon dioxide, or aboveground merchant lines. For 26 purposes of this subsection, “utility” means a public utility as 27 defined in section 306.46, subsection 2. 28 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 29 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 30 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to condemnation 31 proceedings for which the application filed under section 6B.3 32 is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. > 33 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 8 and inserting 34 < An Act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the 35 -1- S 3153.1942 (1) 91 sb/js 1/ 2 #1.