Legal Opinion
Hawkeye Land Company v. Iowa Utilities Board
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 23, 2014No. 13–0146PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Justice.
This appeal presents questions of first impression on the interpretation and constitutionality of the railroad-crossing statute, Iowa Code section 476.27 (2009). This statute was enacted to facilitate public utility crossings over railroad tracks. It authorizes a “pay-and-go” procedure with a legislatively predetermined $750 standard crossing fee the utility pays to the owner of the railroad right-of-way. The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) allowed an independent transmission company, ITC Midwest, to use this statute to run electrical power lines across a railroad at three…
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