House Study Bill 59 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            COMMERCE/UTILITIES
                                            DIVISION BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act extending the future repeal of a provision requiring the
  2    issuance of certificates for furnishing local
  3    telecommunications services, and providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1390XD 82
  6 rn/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  92 Iowa Acts, chapter 1058, section 3, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    SEC. 3.  REPEAL.  Section 476.29 is repealed effective July
  1  4 1, 2007 2017.
  1  5    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1  6 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8    This bill extends the future repeal of Code section 476.29,
  1  9 which requires the issuance to a utility of a certificate of
  1 10 public convenience and necessity by the Iowa utilities board
  1 11 prior to the furnishing of land=line local telephone service
  1 12 by the utility.  The legislation enacting Code section 476.29
  1 13 in 1992 contained a future repeal date of July 1, 2007.  The
  1 14 bill extends the repeal date to July 1, 2017.  The bill takes
  1 15 effect upon enactment.
  1 16 LSB 1390XD 82
  1 17 rn:rj/je/5.1