§ 480A.3 — Fees

Iowa § 480A.3

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XI: NATURAL RESOURCES
• Ch. 480A: PUBLIC UTILITIES IN PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY

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1. A local government shall not recover any fee from a public utility for the use of
its available right-of-way, other than a permit fee for management costs attributable to
the public utility’s requested use of the local government’s right-of-way. A fee or other
obligation under this section shall be imposed on a competitively neutral basis. When a local
government’s management costs cannot be attributed to only one entity, those costs shall be
allocated among all users of the public rights-of-way, including the local government itself.
The allocation shall reflect proportionately the costs incurred by the local government as a
result of the various types of uses of the public rights-of-way.
2. This section does not:
a. Prohibit the collection of a franchise fee as permitted in section 480A.6.
b. Prohibit voluntary agreements between a public utility and local government to share
services for the purpose of reducing costs and preserving public rights-of-way for future
public safety purposes.