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2	2	EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
3	3	and is intended to be omitted in the law.
4	4	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
5	5	SENATE BILL NO. 213
6	6	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7	7	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR FITZWATER.
8	8	0654S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	To repeal sections 137.100, 153.030, and 153.034, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof six new
11	11	sections relating to electric utilities.
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13	13	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
14	14	Section A. Sections 137.100, 153.030, and 153.034, RSMo, 1
15	15	are repealed and six new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to 2
16	16	be known as sections 67.5350, 137.100, 137.124, 153.030, 3
17	17	153.034, and 393.172, to read as follows:4
18	18	67.5350. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
19	19	terms shall mean: 2
20	20	(1) "Material amendment", any amendment to a permit 3
21	21	issued by a county commission to construct a solar farm 4
22	22	which: 5
23	23	(a) Changes the solar farm's generation type from one 6
24	24	type of utility facility to another; 7
25	25	(b) Increases the facility's nameplate capacity; or 8
26	26	(c) Changes the boundaries of the solar farm, unless 9
27	27	the new boundaries of the facility are completely within the 10
28	28	previous boundaries of the facility or the facility 11
29	29	components outside of the previous boundary are underground; 12
30	30	(2) "Solar farm", a group of photovoltaic 13
31	31	interconnected solar panels or arrays that convert sunlight 14
32	32	into electricity for the primary purpose of wholesale or 15
33	33	retail sales of generated electricity, including all on -site 16
34	34	equipment and facilities necessary for the proper operation 17 SB 213 2
35	35	of the facility, such as electrical collection and 18
36	36	transmission lines, battery storage systems, transformers, 19
37	37	substations, and operations and maintenance facilities 20
38	38	within at least twenty continuous acres. 21
39	39	2. Prior to obtaining a certificate of public 22
40	40	convenience or necessity issued by the Missouri public 23
41	41	service commission, any person constructing a solar farm 24
42	42	shall first submit an application to the county commission 25
43	43	in each county where the solar farm is to be located. 26
44	44	3. The county commission of any county shall adopt any 27
45	45	order or ordinance requiring a permit to construct a solar 28
46	46	farm within specified boundaries located in whole or in part 29
47	47	in an unincorporated area of a county. Such permit shall 30
48	48	require any construction to be at least one thousand linear 31
49	49	feet from any church, school, or city, town, or villag e 32
50	50	limit, or any private residence. 33
51	51	4. Within ninety days of receiving an application to 34
52	52	construct a solar farm, the county commission shall hold a 35
53	53	public meeting before the issuance of any such permit to 36
54	54	construct a solar farm. Notice shall be provided at least 37
55	55	fourteen days prior to the public meeting. At the public 38
56	56	meeting, the applicant shall provide in writing the 39
57	57	following information: 40
58	58	(1) The maximum nameplate capacity of the solar farm; 41
59	59	and 42
60	60	(2) A map of the proposed geogra phic boundaries of the 43
61	61	project within that county. 44
62	62	5. Not later than ninety days after the public 45
63	63	meeting, the county commission shall: 46
64	64	(1) Issue a permit to the applicant accepting the 47
65	65	construction proposal; 48 SB 213 3
66	66	(2) Issue a permit to the applicant limiting the 49
67	67	boundaries of the proposed solar farm to a smaller 50
68	68	geographic area, completely within the geographic area 51
69	69	proposed by the applicant; or 52
70	70	(3) Deny the permit and prohibit the construction of 53
71	71	the solar farm by the applicant. 54
72	72	6. Any applicant intending to make a material 55
73	73	amendment once a permit is issued shall submit a new 56
74	74	application for a permit to the county commission. 57
75	75	7. The county commission shall require any applicant 58
76	76	who is issued a permit to obtain liabil ity insurance in an 59
77	77	amount sufficient to cover any damages which may arise from 60
78	78	the construction of the solar farm. 61
79	79	8. The Missouri public service commission shall not 62
80	80	issue a certificate of public convenience or necessity to 63
81	81	any applicant who di d not receive a permit to construct a 64
82	82	solar farm from the county commission in each county where 65
83	83	the solar farm is to be located. 66
84	84	137.100. 1. The following subjects are exempt from 1
85	85	taxation for state, county or local purposes: 2
86	86	(1) Lands and other property belonging to this state; 3
87	87	(2) Lands and other property belonging to any city, 4
88	88	county or other political subdivision in this state, 5
89	89	including market houses, town halls and other public 6
90	90	structures, with their furniture a nd equipments, and on 7
91	91	public squares and lots kept open for health, use or 8
92	92	ornament; 9
93	93	(3) Nonprofit cemeteries; 10
94	94	(4) The real estate and tangible personal property 11
95	95	which is used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural 12
96	96	societies organized in this state, including not -for-profit 13
97	97	agribusiness associations; 14 SB 213 4
98	98	(5) All property, real and personal, actually and 15
99	99	regularly used exclusively for religious worship, for 16
100	100	schools and colleges, or for purposes purely charitable and 17
101	101	not held for private or corporate profit, except that the 18
102	102	exemption herein granted does not include real property not 19
103	103	actually used or occupied for the purpose of the 20
104	104	organization but held or used as investment even though the 21
105	105	income or rentals received therefrom i s used wholly for 22
106	106	religious, educational or charitable purposes; 23
107	107	(6) Household goods, furniture, wearing apparel and 24
108	108	articles of personal use and adornment, as defined by the 25
109	109	state tax commission, owned and used by a person in [his] 26
110	110	such person's home or dwelling place; 27
111	111	(7) Motor vehicles leased for a period of at least one 28
112	112	year to this state or to any city, county, or political 29
113	113	subdivision or to any religious, educational, or charitable 30
114	114	organization which has obtained an exemption from t he 31
115	115	payment of federal income taxes, provided the motor vehicles 32
116	116	are used exclusively for religious, educational, or 33
117	117	charitable purposes; 34
118	118	(8) Real or personal property leased or otherwise 35
119	119	transferred by an interstate compact agency created pursuan t 36
120	120	to sections 70.370 to 70.430 or sections 238.010 to 238.100 37
121	121	to another for which or whom such property is not exempt 38
122	122	when immediately after the lease or transfer, the interstate 39
123	123	compact agency enters into a leaseback or other agreement 40
124	124	that directly or indirectly gives such interstate compact 41
125	125	agency a right to use, control, and possess the property; 42
126	126	provided, however, that in the event of a conveyance of such 43
127	127	property, the interstate compact agency must retain an 44
128	128	option to purchase the property a t a future date or, within 45
129	129	the limitations period for reverters, the property must 46 SB 213 5
130	130	revert back to the interstate compact agency. Property will 47
131	131	no longer be exempt under this subdivision in the event of a 48
132	132	conveyance as of the date, if any, when: 49
133	133	(a) The right of the interstate compact agency to use, 50
134	134	control, and possess the property is terminated; 51
135	135	(b) The interstate compact agency no longer has an 52
136	136	option to purchase or otherwise acquire the property; and 53
137	137	(c) There are no provisions f or reverter of the 54
138	138	property within the limitation period for reverters; and 55
139	139	(9) All property, real and personal, belonging to 56
140	140	veterans' organizations. As used in this section, 57
141	141	"veterans' organization" means any organization of veterans 58
142	142	with a congressional charter, that is incorporated in this 59
143	143	state, and that is exempt from taxation under section 60
144	144	501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended [; 61
145	145	(10) Solar energy systems not held for resale ]. 62
146	146	2. Notwithstanding the provi sions of subsection 1 of 63
147	147	this section or any other provision of law to the contrary, 64
148	148	solar energy systems constructed for exclusive use of a 65
149	149	single property may be exempt at the discretion of the 66
150	150	assessor. 67
151	151	137.124. 1. Beginning January 1, 2026, for purposes 1
152	152	of assessing all real property, excluding land, or tangible 2
153	153	personal property associated with a project that uses solar 3
154	154	energy directly to generate electricity, thirty -seven and 4
155	155	one-half percent of the original costs shall be the true 5
156	156	value in money of such property. Such value shall begin the 6
157	157	year immediately following the year of construction of the 7
158	158	property. The original costs shall reflect either: 8
159	159	(1) The actual and documented original property cost 9
160	160	to the taxpayer, as shall be provided by the taxpayer to the 10
161	161	assessor; or 11 SB 213 6
162	162	(2) In the absence of actual and documented original 12
163	163	property cost to the taxpayer, the estimated cost of the 13
164	164	property by the assessor, using an authoritative cost guide. 14
165	165	2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 15
166	166	prohibit a project from engaging in enhanced enterprise zone 16
167	167	agreements under sections 135.950 to 135.973 or similar tax 17
168	168	abatement agreements with state or local officials or to 18
169	169	affect any existing enhanced ent erprise zone agreements. 19
170	170	153.030. 1. All bridges over streams dividing this 1
171	171	state from any other state owned, used, leased or otherwise 2
172	172	controlled by any person, corporation, railroad company or 3
173	173	joint stock company, and all bridges across or over 4
174	174	navigable streams within this state, where the charge is 5
175	175	made for crossing the same, which are now constructed, which 6
176	176	are in the course of construction, or which shall hereafter 7
177	177	be constructed, and all property, real and tangible 8
178	178	personal, owned, used, leased or otherwise controlled by 9
179	179	telegraph, telephone, electric power and light companies, 10
180	180	electric transmission lines, pipeline companies and express 11
181	181	companies shall be subject to taxation for state, county, 12
182	182	municipal and other local purposes to the same extent as the 13
183	183	property of private persons. 14
184	184	2. [And] Taxes levied [thereon] under subsection 1 of 15
185	185	this section shall be levied and collected in the manner as 16
186	186	is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the taxation 17
187	187	of railroad property in this state, and county commissions, 18
188	188	county boards of equalization and the state tax commission 19
189	189	are hereby required to perform the same duties and are given 20
190	190	the same powers, including punitive powers, in assessing, 21
191	191	equalizing and adjust ing the taxes on the property set forth 22
192	192	in this section as the county commissions and boards of 23
193	193	equalization and state tax commission have or may hereafter 24 SB 213 7
194	194	be empowered with, in assessing, equalizing, and adjusting 25
195	195	the taxes on railroad property; and a n authorized officer of 26
196	196	any such bridge, telegraph, telephone, electric power and 27
197	197	light companies, electric transmission lines, pipeline 28
198	198	companies, or express company or the owner of any such toll 29
199	199	bridge, is hereby required to render reports of the pro perty 30
200	200	of such bridge, telegraph, telephone, electric power and 31
201	201	light companies, electric transmission lines, pipeline 32
202	202	companies, or express companies in like manner as the 33
203	203	authorized officer of the railroad company is now or may 34
204	204	hereafter be required to render for the taxation of railroad 35
205	205	property. 36
206	206	3. On or before the fifteenth day of April in the year 37
207	207	1946 and each year thereafter an authorized officer of each 38
208	208	such company shall furnish the state tax commission and 39
209	209	county clerks a report, du ly subscribed and sworn to by such 40
210	210	authorized officer, which is like in nature and purpose to 41
211	211	the reports required of railroads under chapter 151 showing 42
212	212	the full amount of all real and tangible personal property 43
213	213	owned, used, leased or otherwise contro lled by each such 44
214	214	company on January first of the year in which the report is 45
215	215	due. 46
216	216	4. If any telephone company assessed pursuant to 47
217	217	chapter 153 has a microwave relay station or stations in a 48
218	218	county in which it has no wire mileage but has wire mil eage 49
219	219	in another county, then, for purposes of apportioning the 50
220	220	assessed value of the distributable property of such 51
221	221	companies, the straight line distance between such microwave 52
222	222	relay stations shall constitute miles of wire. In the event 53
223	223	that any public utility company assessed pursuant to this 54
224	224	chapter has no distributable property which physically 55
225	225	traverses the counties in which it operates, then the 56 SB 213 8
226	226	assessed value of the distributable property of such company 57
227	227	shall be apportioned to the physical location of the 58
228	228	distributable property. 59
229	229	5. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 60
230	230	contrary, beginning January 1, 2019, a telephone company 61
231	231	shall make a one-time election within the tax year to be 62
232	232	assessed: 63
233	233	(a) Using the methodolog y for property tax purposes as 64
234	234	provided under this section; or 65
235	235	(b) Using the methodology for property tax purposes as 66
236	236	provided under this section for property consisting of land 67
237	237	and buildings and be assessed for all other property 68
238	238	exclusively using the methodology utilized under section 69
239	239	137.122. 70
240	240	If a telephone company begins operations, including a merger 71
241	241	of multiple telephone companies, after August 28, 2018, it 72
242	242	shall make its one-time election to be assessed using the 73
243	243	methodology for propert y tax purposes as described under 74
244	244	paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of this subsection within 75
245	245	the year in which the telephone company begins its 76
246	246	operations. A telephone company that fails to make a timely 77
247	247	election shall be deemed to have elected to be assessed 78
248	248	using the methodology for property tax purposes as provided 79
249	249	under subsections 1 to 4 of this section. 80
250	250	(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not be 81
251	251	construed to change the original assessment jurisdiction of 82
252	252	the state tax commission . 83
253	253	(3) Nothing in subdivision (1) of this subsection 84
254	254	shall be construed as applying to any other utility. 85
255	255	(4) (a) The provisions of this subdivision shall 86
256	256	ensure that school districts may avoid any fiscal impact as 87 SB 213 9
257	257	a result of a telephone co mpany being assessed under the 88
258	258	provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of this 89
259	259	subsection. If a school district's current operating levy 90
260	260	is below the greater of its most recent voter -approved tax 91
261	261	rate or the most recent voter -approved tax rate as adjusted 92
262	262	under subdivision (2) of subsection 5 of section 137.073, it 93
263	263	shall comply with section 137.073. 94
264	264	(b) Beginning January 1, 2019, any school district 95
265	265	currently operating at a tax rate equal to the greater of 96
266	266	the most recent voter -approved tax rate or the most recent 97
267	267	voter-approved tax rate as adjusted under subdivision (2) of 98
268	268	subsection 5 of section 137.073 that receives less tax 99
269	269	revenue from a specific telephone company under this 100
270	270	subsection, on or before January thirty -first of the year 101
271	271	following the tax year in which the school district received 102
272	272	less revenue from a specific telephone company, may by 103
273	273	resolution of the school board impose a fee, as determined 104
274	274	under this subsection, in order to obtain such revenue. The 105
275	275	resolution shall include all facts that support the 106
276	276	imposition of the fee. If the school district receives 107
277	277	voter approval to raise its tax rate, the district shall no 108
278	278	longer impose the fee authorized in this paragraph. 109
279	279	(c) Any fee imposed under paragraph ( b) of this 110
280	280	subdivision shall be determined by taking the difference 111
281	281	between the tax revenue the telephone company paid in the 112
282	282	tax year in question and the tax revenue the telephone 113
283	283	company would have paid in such year had it not made an 114
284	284	election under subdivision (1) of this subsection, which 115
285	285	shall be calculated by taking the telephone company 116
286	286	valuations in the tax year in question, as determined by the 117
287	287	state tax commission under paragraph (d) of this 118
288	288	subdivision, and applying such valuations to th e 119 SB 213 10
289	289	apportionment process in subsection 2 of section 151.150. 120
290	290	The school district shall issue a billing, as provided in 121
291	291	this subdivision, to any such telephone company. A 122
292	292	telephone company shall have forty -five days after receipt 123
293	293	of a billing to remit its payment of its portion of the fees 124
294	294	to the school district. Notwithstanding any other provision 125
295	295	of law, the issuance or receipt of such fee shall not be 126
296	296	used: 127
297	297	a. In determining the amount of state aid that a 128
298	298	school district receives under se ction 163.031; 129
299	299	b. In determining the amount that may be collected 130
300	300	under a property tax levy by such district; or 131
301	301	c. For any other purpose. 132
302	302	For the purposes of accounting, a telephone company that 133
303	303	issues a payment to a school district under th is subsection 134
304	304	shall treat such payment as a tax. 135
305	305	(d) When establishing the valuation of a telephone 136
306	306	company assessed under paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of 137
307	307	this subsection, the state tax commission shall also 138
308	308	determine the difference between t he assessed value of a 139
309	309	telephone company if: 140
310	310	a. Assessed under paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of 141
311	311	this subsection; and 142
312	312	b. Assessed exclusively under subsections 1 to 4 of 143
313	313	this section. 144
314	314	The state tax commission shall then apportion such amount to 145
315	315	each county and provide such information to any school 146
316	316	district making a request for such information. 147
317	317	(e) This subsection shall expire when no school 148
318	318	district is eligible for a fee. 149 SB 213 11
319	319	6. (1) If any public utility company assessed 150
320	320	pursuant to this chapter has ownership of any real or 151
321	321	personal property associated with a project which uses solar 152
322	322	or wind energy directly to generate electricity, such solar 153
323	323	or wind energy project property shall be valued and taxed by 154
324	324	any local authoritie s having jurisdiction under the 155
325	325	provisions of chapter 137 and other relevant provisions of 156
326	326	the law. 157
327	327	(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 158
328	328	contrary, beginning January 1, 2020, for any public utility 159
329	329	company assessed pursuant to this chap ter which has a wind 160
330	330	energy project, such wind energy project shall be assessed 161
331	331	using the methodology for real and personal property as 162
332	332	provided in this subsection: 163
333	333	(a) Any wind energy property of such company shall be 164
334	334	assessed upon the county as sessor's local tax rolls; and 165
335	335	(b) All other real property, excluding land, or 166
336	336	personal property related to the wind energy project shall 167
337	337	be assessed using the methodology provided under section 168
338	338	137.123. 169
339	339	(3) Notwithstanding any other provisio n of law to the 170
340	340	contrary, beginning January 1, 2026, for any public utility 171
341	341	company assessed under this chapter which has a solar energy 172
342	342	project, such solar energy project shall be assessed using 173
343	343	the methodology for real and personal property as provid ed 174
344	344	in this subsection: 175
345	345	(a) Any solar energy property of such company shall be 176
346	346	assessed upon the county assessor's local tax rolls; and 177
347	347	(b) All other real property, excluding land, or 178
348	348	personal property related to the solar energy project shal l 179
349	349	be assessed using the methodology provided under section 180
350	350	137.124. 181 SB 213 12
351	351	7. (1) If any public utility company assessed 182
352	352	pursuant to this chapter has ownership of any real or 183
353	353	personal property associated with a generation project which 184
354	354	was originally constructed utilizing financing authorized 185
355	355	pursuant to chapter 100 for construction, upon the transfer 186
356	356	of ownership of such property to the public utility company 187
357	357	such property shall be valued and taxed by any local 188
358	358	authorities having jurisdiction unde r the provisions of 189
359	359	chapter 137 and other relevant provisions of law. 190
360	360	(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 191
361	361	contrary, beginning January 1, 2022, for any public utility 192
362	362	company assessed pursuant to this chapter which has 193
363	363	ownership of any real or personal property associated with a 194
364	364	generation project which was originally constructed 195
365	365	utilizing financing authorized pursuant to chapter 100 for 196
366	366	construction, upon the transfer of ownership of such 197
367	367	property to the public utility company such property shall 198
368	368	be assessed as follows: 199
369	369	(a) Any property associated with a generation project 200
370	370	which was originally constructed utilizing financing 201
371	371	authorized pursuant to chapter 100 for construction shall be 202
372	372	assessed upon the county assessor's lo cal tax rolls. The 203
373	373	assessor shall rely on the public utility company for cost 204
374	374	information of the generation portion of the property as 205
375	375	found in the public utility company's Federal Energy 206
376	376	Regulatory Commission Financial Report Form Number One at 207
377	377	the time of transfer of ownership, and depreciate the costs 208
378	378	provided in a manner similar to other commercial and 209
379	379	industrial property; 210
380	380	(b) Any property consisting of land and buildings 211
381	381	related to the generation property associated with a 212
382	382	generation project which was originally constructed 213 SB 213 13
383	383	utilizing financing pursuant to chapter 100 for construction 214
384	384	shall be assessed under chapter 137; and 215
385	385	(c) All other business or personal property related to 216
386	386	a generation project which was originally construct ed 217
387	387	utilizing financing pursuant to chapter 100 for construction 218
388	388	shall be assessed using the methodology provided under 219
389	389	section 137.122. 220
390	390	153.034. 1. The term "distributable property" of an 1
391	391	electric company shall include all the real or tangible 2
392	392	personal property which is used directly in the generation 3
393	393	and distribution of electric power, but not property used as 4
394	394	a collateral facility nor property held for purposes other 5
395	395	than generation and distribution of electricity. Such 6
396	396	distributable property includes, but is not limited to: 7
397	397	(1) Boiler plant equipment, turbogenerator units and 8
398	398	generators; 9
399	399	(2) Station equipment; 10
400	400	(3) Towers, fixtures, poles, conductors, conduit 11
401	401	transformers, services and meters; 12
402	402	(4) Substation equipment and fences; 13
403	403	(5) Rights-of-way; 14
404	404	(6) Reactor, reactor plant equipment, and cooling 15
405	405	towers; 16
406	406	(7) Communication equipment used for control of 17
407	407	generation and distribution of power; 18
408	408	(8) Land associated with such distri butable property. 19
409	409	2. The term "local property" of an electric company 20
410	410	shall include all real and tangible personal property owned, 21
411	411	used, leased or otherwise controlled by the electric company 22
412	412	not used directly in the generation and distribution of 23
413	413	power and not defined in subsection 1 of this section as 24 SB 213 14
414	414	distributable property. Such local property includes, but 25
415	415	is not limited to: 26
416	416	(1) Motor vehicles; 27
417	417	(2) Construction work in progress; 28
418	418	(3) Materials and supplies; 29
419	419	(4) Office furniture, office equipment, and office 30
420	420	fixtures; 31
421	421	(5) Coal piles and nuclear fuel; 32
422	422	(6) Land held for future use; 33
423	423	(7) Workshops, warehouses, office buildings and 34
424	424	generating plant structures; 35
425	425	(8) Communication equipment not used fo r control of 36
426	426	generation and distribution of power; 37
427	427	(9) Roads, railroads, and bridges; 38
428	428	(10) Reservoirs, dams, and waterways; 39
429	429	(11) Land associated with other locally assessed 40
430	430	property and all generating plant land. 41
431	431	3. (1) Any real or tangible personal property 42
432	432	associated with a project which uses solar or wind energy 43
433	433	directly to generate electricity shall be valued and taxed 44
434	434	by local authorities having jurisdiction under the 45
435	435	provisions of chapter 137 and any other relevant provi sions 46
436	436	of law. The method of taxation prescribed in subsection 2 47
437	437	of section 153.030 and subsection 1 of this section shall 48
438	438	not apply to such property. 49
439	439	(2) The real or tangible personal property referenced 50
440	440	in subdivision (1) of this subsection sha ll include all 51
441	441	equipment whose sole purpose is to support the integration 52
442	442	of a wind generation asset into an existing system. 53
443	443	Examples of such property may include, but are not limited 54
444	444	to, wind chargers, windmills, wind turbines, wind towers, 55
445	445	and associated electrical equipment such as inverters, pad 56 SB 213 15
446	446	mount transformers, power lines, storage equipment directly 57
447	447	associated with wind generation assets, and substations. 58
448	448	(3) The real or tangible personal property referenced 59
449	449	in subdivision (1) of th is subsection shall also include all 60
450	450	equipment whose sole purpose is to support the integration 61
451	451	of a solar generation asset into an existing system. 62
452	452	Examples of such property may include, but are not limited 63
453	453	to, solar panels, solar panel mounting rack s, and associated 64
454	454	electrical equipment such as inverters, battery packs, power 65
455	455	meters, power lines, storage equipment directly associated 66
456	456	with solar generation assets, and substations. 67
457	457	4. For any real or tangible personal property 68
458	458	associated with a generation project which was originally 69
459	459	constructed utilizing financing authorized under chapter 100 70
460	460	for construction, upon the transfer of ownership of such 71
461	461	property to a public utility, such property shall be valued 72
462	462	and taxed by local authorities having jurisdiction under the 73
463	463	provisions of chapter 137 and any other relevant provisions 74
464	464	of law. The method of taxation prescribed in subsection 2 75
465	465	of section 153.030 and subsection 1 of this section shall 76
466	466	not apply to such property. 77
467	467	393.172. By March 31, 2026, the public service 1
468	468	commission shall adopt rules applicable to electrical 2
469	469	corporations that require the entity constructing an 3
470	470	electric transmission line under subsection 1 of section 4
471	471	393.170 for which permission is sought from the commission 5
472	472	on or after the effective date of this section to adhere to 6
473	473	standards to be adopted by such rules relating to 7
474	474	construction activities occurring partially or wholly on 8
475	475	privately owned agricultural land. Such standards shall 9
476	476	address, at a minimum, landowner communication expectations, 10
477	477	expectations with respect to transmission structure design 11 SB 213 16
478	478	and placement, wet weather construction and remediation 12
479	479	practices, agricultural mitigation and restoration 13
480	480	practices, construction -related tree and brush clearing, 14
481	481	expectations concerning the use and restoration of field 15
482	482	entrances and temporary roads, and best practices with 16
483	483	respect to erosion prevention. Any rule or portion of a 17
484	484	rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is 18
485	485	created under the authority delegated in this section shall 19
486	486	become effective only if it complies with and is subject to 20
487	487	all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, 21
488	488	section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are 22
489	489	nonseverable and if an y of the powers vested with the 23
490	490	general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay 24
491	491	the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are 25
492	492	subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of 26
493	493	rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or a dopted after 27
494	494	August 28, 2025, shall be invalid and void. 28
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