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228
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
228
BY
SALMON
,
CAMPBELL
,
ALONS
,
GUTH
,
WESTRICH
,
GREEN
,
TAYLOR
,
and
ROWLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
sanctions
on
intervenors
in
contested
cases
1
before
the
Iowa
utilities
commission.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
474.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
474.3
Proceedings.
3
1.
The
utilities
commission
may
in
all
cases
conduct
its
4
proceedings,
when
not
otherwise
prescribed
by
law,
in
such
5
manner
as
will
best
conduce
to
the
proper
dispatch
of
business
6
and
the
attainment
of
justice.
7
2.
The
utilities
commission
shall
not
threaten
or
impose
8
sanctions
against
any
intervenor
unless
the
utilities
9
commission
determines
the
intervenor
engaged
in
conduct
that
10
satisfies
all
the
following
conditions:
11
a.
The
intervenor
was
knowingly
dishonest
or
in
violation
12
of
a
criminal
statute.
13
b.
The
intervenor
caused
actual
injury
to
the
utilities
14
commission,
which
injury
is
quantifiable
and
exceeds
five
15
hundred
dollars.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
relates
to
sanctions
on
intervenors
in
contested
20
cases
before
the
Iowa
utilities
commission.
The
bill
prohibits
21
the
commission
from
threatening
or
imposing
sanctions
on
an
22
intervenor
unless
the
commission
determines
the
intervenor
was
23
knowingly
dishonest
or
in
violation
of
a
criminal
statute
and
24
caused
actual,
quantifiable
injury
to
the
commission
in
excess
25
of
$500.
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