House
File
196
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
196
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
50)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
civil
penalties
applicable
to
specified
1
pipeline
safety
violations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
479.31,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
1
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
A
person
who
violates
this
chapter
or
any
rule
or
order
3
issued
pursuant
to
this
chapter
shall
be
subject
to
a
civil
4
penalty
levied
by
the
board
not
to
exceed
ten
one
hundred
5
thousand
dollars
for
each
violation.
Each
day
that
the
6
violation
continues
shall
constitute
a
separate
offense.
7
However,
the
maximum
civil
penalty
shall
not
exceed
five
8
hundred
thousand
one
million
dollars
for
any
related
series
of
9
violations.
Civil
penalties
collected
pursuant
to
this
section
10
shall
be
credited
to
and
are
appropriated
for
the
Iowa
energy
11
center
created
in
section
266.39C
.
12
EXPLANATION
13
This
bill
increases
civil
penalties
applicable
to
violations
14
of
Code
chapter
479,
relating
to
pipelines
and
underground
15
gas
storage.
Currently,
violations
of
the
Code
chapter,
or
16
an
administrative
rule
or
order
relating
to
the
Code
chapter,
17
are
subject
to
a
civil
penalty
levied
by
the
Iowa
utilities
18
board
not
to
exceed
$10,000
per
violation,
subject
to
a
19
$500,000
maximum.
The
bill
increases
these
limits
to
$100,000
20
and
$1
million,
respectively.
Civil
penalties
collected
for
21
violations
of
the
Code
chapter
are
credited
to
and
appropriated
22
for
the
Iowa
energy
center
created
in
Code
section
266.39C.
23
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