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Terms Used In Iowa Code 480A.1

  • Local government: means a county, city, township, school district, or any special-purpose district or authority. See Iowa Code 480A.2
  • Public utility: means a person owning or operating a facility used for furnishing natural gas by piped distribution system, electricity, communications services not including cable television systems, or water by piped distribution system, to the public for compensation. See Iowa Code 480A.2
 The general assembly finds that it is in the public interest to define the right of local governments to charge public utilities for the location and operation of public utility facilities in local government rights-of-way.