Iowa SF 2189: A bill for an act relating to public utility access to public road rights-of-way.(Formerly SSB 3057.)

Status: Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (as of 2022-03-17)

State: Iowa · Session: 2021-2022 · Bill: SF 2189

Subjects: broadband services, government entities, highways, infrastructure, right-of-way, utilities

Sponsors: COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

Bill Text

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SENATEFILE2189
BYCOMMITTEEONCOMMERCE
(SUCCESSORTOSSB3057)
ABILLFOR
AnActrelatingtopublicutilityaccesstopublicroad1
rights-of-way.2
BEITENACTEDBYTHEGENERALASSEMBLYOFTHESTATEOFIOWA:3
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S.F.2189
Section1.Section306.46,subsection1,Code2022,is1
amendedtoreadasfollows:2
1.Apublicutilitymayconstruct,operate,repair,3
ormaintainitsutilityfacilitieswithinapublicroad4
right-of-way.Anagency,asdefinedinsection306.2,shall5
notrequireapublicutilitytoplaceitsutilityfacilities
6
withinanagency-ownedconduitasaconditionofaccessing7
apublicroadright-of-way.Thelocationofnewutility8
facilitiesshallcomplywithsection318.9.Autilityfacility9
shallnotbeconstructedorinstalledinamannerthatcauses10
interferencewithpublicuseoftheroad.Anagencyshall
11
providenondiscriminatoryaccesstoapublicroadright-of-way12
andtoanagency-ownedconduitforpurposesofpublic13
utilities’broadbanddeployment.
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EXPLANATION15
Theinclusionofthisexplanationdoesnotconstituteagreementwith16
theexplanation’ssubstancebythemembersofthegeneralassembly.17
Thisbillprohibitsagovernmentalbodywhichexercises18
jurisdictionoverroadways(agency)fromrequiringapublic19
utilitytoplaceutilityfacilitieswithinanagency-owned20
conduitasaconditionofaccessingapublicroad.Anagency21
incontrolofaroadmustprovidenondiscriminatoryaccess22
totheroadandnondiscriminatoryaccesstoanagency-owned23
conduitforprojectsrelatedtobroadbandinfrastructure.24
Currentlawissilentastowhetheranagencycanrequirea25
publicutilitytouseanagency’sconduitasaconditionof26
accessingapublicroad.27
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