House
File
653
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
653
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
128)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
10,
2021
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
financing
of
the
construction
or
repair
1
of
works
or
facilities
used
to
provide
telecommunications
2
services.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
28F.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
This
chapter
provides
a
means
for
the
joint
financing
3
by
public
agencies
of
works
or
facilities
useful
and
necessary
4
for
the
collection,
treatment,
purification,
and
disposal
5
in
a
sanitary
manner
of
liquid
and
solid
waste,
sewage,
6
and
industrial
waste,
facilities
used
for
the
conversion
of
7
solid
waste
to
energy,
works
or
facilities
useful
for
the
8
operation
of
a
telecommunications
system
or
the
provision
of
9
telecommunications
services,
gasworks
and
facilities
useful
10
for
the
delivery
of
natural
gas
service,
and
also
electric
11
power
facilities
constructed
within
the
state
of
Iowa,
except
12
that
hydroelectric
power
facilities
may
also
be
located
in
the
13
waters
and
on
the
dams
of
or
on
land
adjacent
to
either
side
14
of
the
Mississippi
or
Missouri
river
bordering
the
state
of
15
Iowa,
water
supply
systems,
swimming
pools
or
golf
courses.
16
This
chapter
applies
to
the
acquisition,
construction,
17
reconstruction,
ownership,
operation,
repair,
extension,
18
or
improvement
of
such
works
or
facilities,
by
a
separate
19
administrative
or
legal
entity
created
pursuant
to
chapter
28E
20
or
chapter
389
.
This
chapter
also
applies
to
the
acquisition,
21
construction,
reconstruction,
ownership,
operation,
repair,
22
extension,
or
improvement
of
works
or
facilities
useful
for
23
the
operation
of
a
telecommunications
system
or
the
provision
24
of
telecommunications
services,
by
a
city
utility
established
25
pursuant
to
chapter
388.
When
the
legal
entity
created
under
26
this
chapter
is
comprised
solely
of
cities,
counties,
and
27
sanitary
districts
established
under
chapter
358
,
or
any
28
combination
thereof
or
any
combination
of
the
foregoing
with
29
other
public
agencies,
the
entity
shall
be
both
a
corporation
30
and
a
political
subdivision
with
the
name
under
which
it
was
31
organized.
The
legal
entity
may
sue
and
be
sued,
contract,
32
acquire
and
hold
real
and
personal
property
necessary
for
33
corporate
purposes,
adopt
a
corporate
seal
and
alter
the
seal
34
at
pleasure,
and
execute
all
the
powers
conferred
in
this
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chapter
.
1
Sec.
2.
Section
28F.1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
2
following
new
subsection:
3
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
Only
a
city
utility
established
4
pursuant
to
chapter
388
may
participate
in
joint
financing
5
under
this
chapter
for
works
or
facilities
useful
for
the
6
operation
of
a
telecommunications
system
or
the
provision
of
7
telecommunications
services.
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