Iowa Code § 480A.3: Fees.

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.