House
File
714
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
714
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
246)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
April
19,
2023
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
merchant
line
franchise
petition
1
requirements
and
including
retroactive
applicability
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
478.6A,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
Notwithstanding
section
478.21
,
in
addition
to
any
3
other
applicable
requirements
pursuant
to
this
chapter
,
if
a
4
petition
for
a
franchise
to
construct
a
merchant
line
that
5
is
proposed
to
be
constructed
above
ground
and
involves
the
6
taking
of
property
under
eminent
domain
is
not
approved
by
the
7
board
and
a
franchise
granted
within
three
years
following
the
8
date
the
petition
is
filed
with
the
board
pursuant
to
section
9
478.3
,
the
board
shall
reject
the
petition
and
make
a
record
10
of
the
rejection.
If
the
hearing
on
the
petition
conducted
11
pursuant
to
section
478.4
has
been
held
within
the
three-year
12
period
following
the
date
the
petition
is
filed,
but
the
board
13
has
not
completed
its
deliberations
within
that
three-year
14
period,
the
three-year
period
may
be
extended
by
the
board
to
15
allow
completion
of
deliberations.
A
petitioner
shall
not
file
16
a
petition
for
the
same
or
a
similar
project
that
has
been
17
rejected
within
sixty
months
following
the
date
of
rejection
18
if
the
rejection
was
for
failure
to
be
approved
within
three
19
years
following
the
date
the
petition
was
filed
as
provided
in
20
this
subsection
.
21
Sec.
2.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
22
retroactively
to
a
petition
for
a
franchise
submitted
on
or
23
after
September
1,
2020.
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