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IA SSB3063
SB
AI Summary
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Requires the Iowa Department of Transportation to assign a project coordinator within 30 days of receiving a written request from a utility or transmission line developer to review highway corridors for potential transmission line placement.
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Prohibits the department from banning longitudinal transmission line installations on primary road rights-of-way, including interstate highways, unless the installation would endanger public safety or interfere with highway function.
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Mandates the department make denial reasons for transmission line installations publicly available within 90 days.
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Limits payment and lease agreements for utility use of freeway right-of-way to a maximum term of 20 years, with collected fees credited to the living roadway trust fund.
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Amends transmission line construction requirements to allow placement within highway rights-of-way, including interstate road systems, in addition to existing provisions for placement near roads and railways.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to the installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way.(See SF 2214.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2214.
2/4/2026