A bill for an act relating to drainage or levee districts, by exempting an application fee that may be charged to certain persons applying for an easement to install fiber optic cable, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 754 .)

House

File

2773

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2773

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

WAYS

AND

MEANS

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

754)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

drainage

or

levee

districts,

by

exempting

1

an

application

fee

that

may

be

charged

to

certain

persons

2

applying

for

an

easement

to

install

fiber

optic

cable,

and

3

including

effective

date

provisions.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

468.186,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

1A.

a.

The

governing

body

of

a

drainage

3

or

levee

district

shall

not

charge

an

administrative

fee

4

related

to

the

consideration,

approval,

or

disapproval

of

an

5

application

for

an

easement

to

install

fiber

optic

cable

by

6

a

person

whose

business

is

primarily

locally

operated

as

a

7

contractor

or

fiber

optic

network

company.

8

b.

The

drainage

district

may

prepare

and

publish

a

list

of

9

the

names

of

persons

described

in

paragraph

“a”

that

will

not

be

10

charged

the

administrative

fee.

11

Sec.

2.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

12

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

The

governing

body

of

a

drainage

or

levee

district

(e.g.,

a

17

county

board

of

supervisors

or

board

of

trustees)

may

approve

18

an

easement

on,

over,

across,

or

beneath

the

land

of

the

19

district.

This

includes

an

easement

for

a

pipeline,

electric

20

transmission

line,

communication

line,

underground

service

21

line,

or

other

similar

installation

(Code

section

468.186(1)).

22

This

bill

provides

that

the

governing

body

cannot

charge

an

23

administrative

fee

for

considering,

approving,

or

disapproving

24

an

application

for

an

easement

to

install

fiber

optic

cable

25

by

a

person

whose

business

is

primarily

locally

operated

as

26

a

contractor

or

fiber

optic

network

company.

The

drainage

27

district

may

prepare

and

publish

a

list

of

local

contractors

28

and

fiber

optic

network

companies

that

will

not

be

charged

the

29

administrative

fee.

The

bill

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

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