{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-479b.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 479B.1","heading":"Purpose — authority.","body":"It is the purpose of the general assembly in enacting this law to grant the utilities commission the authority to implement certain controls over hazardous liquid pipelines to protect landowners and tenants from environmental or economic damages which may result from the construction, operation, or maintenance of a hazardous liquid pipeline or underground storage facility within the state, to approve the location and route of hazardous liquid pipelines, and to grant rights of eminent domain where necessary.","path":["Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)","Chapter 479B - HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINES AND STORAGE FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/479B.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"d745f7e7fdf7d276846f0d789bf3d9f9e72861a478b2bdf9cd679e1d1de6dc5c","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-479a.28","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-479b.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}