House File 487 - EnrolledAn Actrelated to installations of certain wireless
telecommunications infrastructure in the state, and
including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
   Section 1.  Section 8C.3, Code 2019, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  14.  a.  Reject an application, in whole
or in part, for the installation of a tower or transmission
equipment in the unincorporated area of a county with a
population of less than fifteen thousand, except for on
property zoned and used exclusively for single-family
residential use or within a previously designated area
of historical significance pursuant to section 303.34,
upon written confirmation from the statewide interoperable
communications system board established in section 80.28, that
the tower or transmission equipment is intended to be installed
and used as part of the state plan approved under 47 U.S.C.
§1442(e) for the deployment of the nationwide public safety
broadband network or radio access network. For purposes of
this subsection, “nationwide public safety broadband network” and
“radio access network” mean the same as those terms are defined
in 47 U.S.C.§1401.
   b.  This subsection is repealed two years after the effective
date of this Act.
   Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
importance, takes effect upon enactment.
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LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House
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CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate
   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 487, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.______________________________
CARMINE BOALChief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2019______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernor
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