Session of 2000
House Substitute for Substitute for
Substitute
for SENATE BILL No. 257
By Committee on Utilities
3-10
12 AN ACT
concerning electric transmission lines; amending K.S.A. 66-
13 1,178, 66-1,179 and
66-1,182 and repealing the existing sections.
14
15 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
16 Section
1. K.S.A. 66-1,178 is hereby amended to read as follows:
66-
17 1,178. (a) No electric utility may
begin site preparation for or construction
18 of an electric transmission line, or
exercise the right of eminent domain
19 to acquire any interest in land in
connection with the site preparation for
20 a construction of any such line without
first acquiring a siting permit from
21 the commission. Whenever any
such electric utility desires to obtain such
22 a permit, it the
utility shall file an application with the commission
setting
23 forth therein that it
the utility proposes to construct an electric transmis-
24 sion line and specifying:
25 (1) The
proposed location thereof,;
26 (2) the
names and addresses of the landowners of record whose land
27 or interest therein is proposed to be
acquired in connection with the
28 construction of such a
or is located within 1,320 feet of the proposed
29 location of the line; and
30 (3) such
other information as may be required by the commission.
31
(b) Thereupon Upon the filing of an
application pursuant to subsec-
32 tion (a), the commission shall fix a
time for a public hearing on such
33 application, which shall be not more than
60 days from 90 days after the
34 date the application was filed, to
determine the necessity for and the
35 reasonableness of the location of the
proposed electric transmission line.
36 The commission shall fix the place for
hearing, which may be in any
37 county shall be in one
of the counties through which the electric trans-
38 mission line is proposed to traverse.
39 (c) The
commission may conduct an evidentiary hearing on an ap-
40 plication filed pursuant to this section
at such time and place as the com-
41 mission deems appropriate. The
commission shall issue a final order on
42 the application within 120 days after
the date the application was filed.
43 Sec.
2. K.S.A. 66-1,179 is hereby amended to read as follows:
66-
2
1 1,179. The commission shall publish
notice of the time, place and subject
2 matter of such
the public hearing provided for by K.S.A. 66-1,178
and
3 amendments thereto in
newspapers having general circulation in every
4 county through which the electric
transmission line is proposed to trav-
5 erse once each week for three
(3) two consecutive weeks, the last pub-
6 lication to be not less than five
(5) days before such hearing date. The
7 commission may order the applicant
to publish such notice and submit
8 an affidavit of publication,
evidencing the dates of publication and the
9 newspapers in which the notice
appeared, to the commission prior to the
10 hearing. Written notice by certified
mail of such hearing and a copy of
11 the application shall be served not less
than twenty (20) 20 days prior to
12 the hearing date upon all landowners
described in subsection (a)(2) of
13 K.S.A. 66-1,178, and amendments
thereto, as shown by the application.
14 Sec.
3. K.S.A. 66-1,182 is hereby amended to read as follows:
66-
15 1,182. (a) The provisions of this
act shall not apply to:
16 (1) That
portion of any electric transmission line to be constructed
on
17 an easement where there currently exists
one or more electric transmission
18 lines if the easement is not within the
corporate limits of any city;
19 (2) that
portion of any electric transmission line to be constructed
on
20 property adjacent to right-of-way along
a four-lane controlled access
21 highway, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1410,
and amendments thereto; or
22 (3) any
electric utility which complies with the provisions of the na-
23 tional environmental policy act of 1969
with regard to the siting of electric
24 transmission lines.
25 (b) No city or
county shall have jurisdiction or control over the siting
26 or construction of any electric
transmission line exempted from the pro-
27 visions of this act by subsection
(a).
28 (c) No
environmental study shall be required for construction of
an
29 electric transmission line on
right-of-way where there currently exists one
30 or more electric transmission
lines.
31 Sec. 4. K.S.A. 66-1,178,
66-1,179 and 66-1,182 are hereby repealed.
32 Sec. 5. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
33 publication in the Kansas register.