A bill for an act repealing provisions for land surveys in connection with hazardous liquid pipeline construction projects and including effective date provisions.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how existing surveys will be handled or what protections landowners have post-repeal.

Repealing Land Survey Rules for Hazardous Liquid Pipelines

This bill removes rules that allowed pipeline companies to enter private land with notice for surveys related to hazardous liquid pipelines.

What This Bill Does

• Removes a rule that lets pipeline companies survey private land by giving 10 days' written notice before entering the property.

Who It Names or Affects

• Pipeline companies
• Landowners whose properties are near proposed hazardous liquid pipelines

Terms To Know

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline

A pipeline that carries dangerous liquids like oil or chemicals.

Repeal

To cancel a law or rule by passing another law.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens to existing surveys conducted under the repealed rules.
• It is unclear how landowners will be protected from unauthorized pipeline company access after this change.

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act repealing provisions for land surveys in connection with hazardous liquid pipeline construction projects and including effective date provisions.

Current Bill Text

Senate

File

74

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

74

BY

TAYLOR

,

EVANS

,

SALMON

,

LOFGREN

,

ROWLEY

,

CAMPBELL

,

ALONS

,

DE

WITT

,

and

WESTRICH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

repealing

provisions

for

land

surveys

in

connection

1

with

hazardous

liquid

pipeline

construction

projects

and

2

including

effective

date

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

REPEAL.

Section

479B.15,

Code

2025,

is

repealed.

1

Sec.

2.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

2

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

3

EXPLANATION

4

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

5

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

6

This

bill

repeals

provisions

relating

to

entry

for

land

7

surveys

in

connection

with

hazardous

liquid

pipeline

projects.

8

The

bill

removes

a

provision

allowing

a

pipeline

company

9

to

enter

upon

private

land

for

the

purpose

of

surveying

and

10

examining

the

land

by

giving

10

days’

written

notice

to

a

11

landowner.

12

The

bill

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

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