IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAYS SHE DOES NOT PLAN TO PRESENT HER OWN BILL TO RESOLVE THE STALEMATE OVER PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE PROPOSED CARBON PIPELINE.
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A HOUSE BILL ALREADY ELIGIBLE FOR DEBATE AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK WOULD COMPLETELY BAN THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE PROJECT.
THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE PASSED THE MEASURE TO BAN EMINENT DOMAIN BY COMPANIES FOR PIPELINES BY A 19-2 VOTE ON WEDNESDAY.
THE SENATE’S REPUBLICAN LEADER HAS PROPOSED GIVING SUMMIT CARBON SOLUTIONS SOME LEEWAY TO REDRAW THE PIPELINE ROUTE TO AVOID LAND OWNED BY PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT SIGN VOLUNTARY EASEMENTS. REYNOLDS SAYS SHE AND THE G-O-P LEADERS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE DISCUSSING WHAT’S NEXT.
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THE REPUBLICAN-LED HOUSE HAS PASSED A HANDFUL OF BILLS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS TO ESTABLISH NEW REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE PIPELINE PROJECT.
LAST SPRING WAS THE FIRST TIME ONE OF THOSE BILLS PASSED THE SENATE AND WAS SENT TO THE GOVERNOR. BUT THEN IN JUNE, REYNOLDS SAID THAT BILL WOULD HAVE ALSO IMPACTED PUBLIC UTILITY PROJECTS, AND SHE VETOED THE MEASURE.
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