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House Study Bill 128 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to the financing of the construction or repair
2of works or facilities used to provide telecommunications
3services.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 28F.1, subsection 1, Code 2021, is
2amended to read as follows:
31. This chapter provides a means for the joint financing
4by public agencies of works or facilities useful and necessary
5for the collection, treatment, purification, and disposal
6in a sanitary manner of liquid and solid waste, sewage,
7and industrial waste, facilities used for the conversion of
8solid waste to energy, works or facilities useful for the
9operation of a telecommunications system or the provision
10of telecommunications services, gasworks and facilities
11useful for the delivery of natural gas service, and also
12electric power facilities constructed within the state of
13Iowa, except that hydroelectric power facilities may also be
14located in the waters and on the dams of or on land adjacent
15to either side of the Mississippi or Missouri river bordering
16the state of Iowa, water supply systems, swimming pools
17or golf courses. This chapter applies to the acquisition,
18construction, reconstruction, ownership, operation, repair,
19extension, or improvement of such works or facilities, by a
20separate administrative or legal entity created pursuant to
21chapter 28E or chapter 389. When the legal entity created
22under this chapter is comprised solely of cities, counties,
23and sanitary districts established under chapter 358, or any
24combination thereof or any combination of the foregoing with
25other public agencies, the entity shall be both a corporation
26and a political subdivision with the name under which it was
27organized. The legal entity may sue and be sued, contract,
28acquire and hold real and personal property necessary for
29corporate purposes, adopt a corporate seal and alter the seal
30at pleasure, and execute all the powers conferred in this
31chapter.
32EXPLANATION
33The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
34the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
35This bill relates to the financing of the construction
-1-1or repair of works or facilities used to provide
2telecommunications services.
3The bill permits joint financing under Code chapter
428F for works or facilities useful for the operation
5of a telecommunications system or the provision of
6telecommunications services.
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2of works or facilities used to provide telecommunications
3services.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 28F.1, subsection 1, Code 2021, is
2amended to read as follows:
31. This chapter provides a means for the joint financing
4by public agencies of works or facilities useful and necessary
5for the collection, treatment, purification, and disposal
6in a sanitary manner of liquid and solid waste, sewage,
7and industrial waste, facilities used for the conversion of
8solid waste to energy, works or facilities useful for the
9operation of a telecommunications system or the provision
10of telecommunications services, gasworks and facilities
11useful for the delivery of natural gas service, and also
12electric power facilities constructed within the state of
13Iowa, except that hydroelectric power facilities may also be
14located in the waters and on the dams of or on land adjacent
15to either side of the Mississippi or Missouri river bordering
16the state of Iowa, water supply systems, swimming pools
17or golf courses. This chapter applies to the acquisition,
18construction, reconstruction, ownership, operation, repair,
19extension, or improvement of such works or facilities, by a
20separate administrative or legal entity created pursuant to
21chapter 28E or chapter 389. When the legal entity created
22under this chapter is comprised solely of cities, counties,
23and sanitary districts established under chapter 358, or any
24combination thereof or any combination of the foregoing with
25other public agencies, the entity shall be both a corporation
26and a political subdivision with the name under which it was
27organized. The legal entity may sue and be sued, contract,
28acquire and hold real and personal property necessary for
29corporate purposes, adopt a corporate seal and alter the seal
30at pleasure, and execute all the powers conferred in this
31chapter.
32EXPLANATION
33The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
34the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
35This bill relates to the financing of the construction
-1-1or repair of works or facilities used to provide
2telecommunications services.
3The bill permits joint financing under Code chapter
428F for works or facilities useful for the operation
5of a telecommunications system or the provision of
6telecommunications services.
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