Senate
File
2039
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2039
BY
SCHOENJAHN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
identifying
the
location
of
underground
1
facilities.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
480.4A
Identification
——
mapping.
1
The
utilities
board
shall,
pursuant
to
chapter
17A,
adopt
2
rules
establishing
standards
and
requirements
regarding
3
permanently
identifying
and
marking
the
location
of
underground
4
facilities
installed
on
or
after
January
1,
2013.
The
rules
5
shall,
at
a
minimum,
provide
for
the
following:
6
1.
Development
and
maintenance
by
an
operator
of
a
map,
7
diagram,
drawing,
or
geospatial
information
regarding
the
8
location
of
an
underground
facility,
which
shall
be
furnished
9
to
the
notification
center,
posted
on
an
internet
site
10
maintained
by
the
operator,
and
in
the
case
of
an
underground
11
facility
located
in
a
public
right-of-way,
furnished
to
the
12
city
or
county
in
which
the
underground
facility
is
located.
13
2.
Placement
of
a
location
wire
or
equally
effective
14
means
of
marking
the
location
of
a
nonconductive
underground
15
facility,
and
placement
of
a
sign
indicating
the
point
at
16
which
a
service
lateral
deviates
or
branches
away
from
the
17
underground
facility
route
or
location.
The
requirements
of
18
this
subsection
shall
not
apply
to
the
making
of
repairs
to
or
19
a
partial
replacement
of
existing
underground
facilities
for
20
the
purposes
of
routine
maintenance
and
upkeep.
21
3.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“nonconductive”
means
22
constructed
of
a
material
other
than
metal.
For
purposes
of
23
this
section,
“service
lateral”
means
a
secondary
underground
24
facility
connecting
to
an
end-use
customer.
25
EXPLANATION
26
This
bill
relates
to
the
identification
of
underground
27
facilities.
28
The
bill
directs
the
Iowa
utilities
board
to
adopt
rules
29
establishing
standards
and
requirements
regarding
permanently
30
identifying
and
marking
the
location
of
underground
facilities
31
installed
on
or
after
January
1,
2013.
The
bill
states
that
32
the
rules
shall,
at
a
minimum,
provide
for
the
development
and
33
maintenance
by
an
operator
(generally
a
public,
private,
or
34
municipal
utility)
of
a
map,
diagram,
drawing,
or
geospatial
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information
regarding
the
location
of
an
underground
facility,
1
to
be
provided
to
the
statewide
notification
center
established
2
in
Code
section
480.3,
posted
on
an
internet
site
maintained
by
3
the
operator,
and
to
a
city
or
county
if
a
public
right-of-way
4
is
involved.
5
The
bill
additionally
requires
the
placement
of
a
location
6
wire
or
equally
effective
means
of
marking
the
location
of
a
7
nonconductive
underground
facility,
and
placement
of
a
sign
8
indicating
the
point
at
which
a
service
lateral
deviates
or
9
branches
away
from
the
underground
facility
route
or
location.
10
The
bill
provides
that
this
provision
does
not
apply
to
repairs
11
to
or
a
partial
replacement
of
existing
underground
facilities
12
for
the
purposes
of
routine
maintenance
and
upkeep.
13
The
bill
defines
“nonconductive”
to
mean
constructed
of
14
a
material
other
than
metal,
and
“service
lateral”
to
mean
15
a
secondary
underground
facility
connecting
to
an
end-use
16
customer.
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