House File 815 - Reprinted



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 266)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the department of transportation to conduct a
  2    statewide conference concerning antenna structures affecting
  3    aviation safety.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 HF 815
  6 dea/jg/25

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  1  1    Section 1.  ANTENNA STRUCTURES AND AVIATION SAFETY
  1  1 == CONFERENCE.  The department of transportation shall
  1  1 convene a statewide conference involving emergency
  1  1 medical services helicopter crew members and other
  1  1 interested parties to address the possible dangers
  1  1 posed for aircraft by antenna structures that extend
  1  1 into navigable airspace but are not required to comply
  1  1 with marking and lighting specifications assigned by
  1  1 the federal communications commission.  The conference
  1  1 shall consider whether state marking or lighting
  1  1 requirements should be established for digital
  1  1 television towers, cell phone towers, or other antenna
  1  1 structures in order to improve aviation safety.  The
  1  1 department shall report the conference findings and
  1  1 any recommendations, which may include recommended
  1  1 statutory changes, to the senate and house standing
  1  1 committees on transportation on or before December 31,
  1  1 2007.
  1  1 HF 815
  1  1 dea/jg/25