Senate
File
560
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
560
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
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(COMPANION
TO
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487
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
related
to
installations
of
certain
wireless
1
telecommunications
infrastructure
in
the
state,
and
2
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8C.3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
1
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
14.
a.
Reject
an
application,
in
whole
3
or
in
part,
for
the
installation
of
a
tower
or
transmission
4
equipment
in
the
unincorporated
area
of
a
county
with
a
5
population
of
less
than
fifteen
thousand,
except
for
on
6
property
zoned
and
used
exclusively
for
single-family
7
residential
use
or
within
a
previously
designated
area
8
of
historical
significance
pursuant
to
section
303.34,
9
upon
written
confirmation
from
the
statewide
interoperable
10
communications
system
board
established
in
section
80.28,
that
11
the
tower
or
transmission
equipment
is
intended
to
be
installed
12
and
used
as
part
of
the
state
plan
approved
under
47
U.S.C.
13
§1442(e)
for
the
deployment
of
the
nationwide
public
safety
14
broadband
network
or
radio
access
network.
For
purposes
of
15
this
subsection,
“nationwide
public
safety
broadband
network”
and
16
“radio
access
network”
mean
the
same
as
those
terms
are
defined
17
in
47
U.S.C.
§1401.
18
b.
This
subsection
is
repealed
two
years
after
the
effective
19
date
of
this
Act.
20
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
21
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
relates
to
installations
of
certain
wireless
26
telecommunications
infrastructure
in
Iowa
pursuant
to
Code
27
chapter
8C.
Code
chapter
8C,
the
“Iowa
Cell
Siting
Act”,
28
provides
uniform
rules
and
limitations
for
installations
of
29
wireless
telecommunications
infrastructure
in
the
state,
30
including
rules
related
to
applications
for
such
installations.
31
The
bill
provides
that
an
authority,
or
governing
body
32
authorized
to
make
decisions
relative
to
an
application,
33
shall
not
reject
an
application
for
the
installation
of
a
34
tower
or
transmission
equipment
in
the
unincorporated
area
of
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a
county
with
a
population
of
less
than
15,000,
except
for
1
on
certain
residential
or
historical
property,
upon
written
2
confirmation
from
the
statewide
interoperable
communications
3
system
board,
that
the
tower
or
equipment
is
intended
to
be
4
installed
and
used
as
part
of
the
state
plan
approved
under
5
specified
federal
law
for
the
deployment
of
the
nationwide
6
public
safety
broadband
network
or
radio
access
network.
The
7
bill
includes
by
reference
definitions
for
“nationwide
public
8
safety
broadband
network”
and
“radio
access
network”.
9
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
is
repealed
two
10
years
after
it
takes
effect.
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