478.4 Franchise — hearing.
The utilities board shall consider the petition and any objections filed to it in the manner provided. It shall examine the proposed route or cause any engineer selected by it to do so. If a hearing is held on the petition it may hear testimony as may aid it in determining the propriety of granting the franchise. It may grant the franchise in whole or in part upon the terms, conditions, and restrictions, and with the modifications as to location and route as may seem to it just and proper. Before granting the franchise, the utilities board shall make a finding that the proposed line or lines are necessary to serve a public use and represents a reasonable relationship to an overall plan of transmitting electricity in the public interest. A franchise shall not become effective until the petitioners shall pay, or file an agreement to pay, all costs and expenses of the franchise proceeding, whether or not objections are filed, including costs of inspections or examinations of the route, hearing, salaries, publishing of notice, and any other expenses reasonably attributable to it. The funds received for the costs and the expenses of the franchise proceeding shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the department of commerce revolving fund created in section 546.12 as provided in section 476.10.
[S13, §2120-n; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8312, 8313; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §489.4, 489.5; C66, 71, 73, 75, §489.4; C77, 79, 81, §478.4]
87 Acts, ch 234, §431; 94 Acts, ch 1107, §82; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §53
Referred to in §476.10, 478.1, 478.6A, 478.13
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 478 - ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES
Section 478.2 - Petition for franchise — informational meetings held.
Section 478.3 - Petition — requirements.
Section 478.4 - Franchise — hearing.
Section 478.5 - Notice — objections filed.
Section 478.6 - Taking under eminent domain.
Section 478.6A - Merchant line franchises — requirements — limitations.
Section 478.7 - Form of franchise.
Section 478.8 - Valuation of franchise.
Section 478.9 - Exclusive rights — duration of franchise.
Section 478.10 - Franchise transferable — notice.
Section 478.11 - Record of franchises.
Section 478.12 - Acceptance of franchise.
Section 478.13 - Extension of franchise — public notice.
Section 478.14 - Service furnished.
Section 478.15 - Eminent domain — procedure — entering on land — reversion on nonuse.
Section 478.17 - Access to lines — damages.
Section 478.18 - Supervision of construction — location.
Section 478.19 - Manner of construction.
Section 478.20 - Distance from buildings.
Section 478.21 - Nonuse — revocation of franchise — extensions of time.
Section 478.22 - Action for violation.
Section 478.23 - Prior franchises — legislative control.
Section 478.25 - Wire crossing railroads — supervision.
Section 478.26 - Wires across railroad right-of-way at highways.
Section 478.27 - Wires — how strung.
Section 478.28 - Examination of existing wires.
Section 478.29 - Civil penalties.
Section 478.30 - Crossing highway.
Section 478.31 - Temporary permits for lines less than one mile.