Maintenance of improvements along rights-of-way.

1. A person, including a state agency or political subdivision of the state, who acquires a railroad right-of-way after July 1, 1979, for a purpose other than farming has all of the following responsibilities concerning that right-of-way: a. Construction, maintenance, and repair of the fence on each side of the property, however, this requirement may be waived by a written agreement with the adjoining landowner. b. Private crossings as provided for in section 327G.11 . c. Drainage as delineated in chapter 468, subchapter V . d. Overhead, underground, or multiple crossings in accord with section 327G.12 . e. Weed control in accord with chapter 317 . 2. This section does not absolve the property owners of other duties and responsibilities that they may be assigned as property owners by law. Subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , does not apply to rights-of-way located on land within the corporate limits of a city except where the acquired right-of-way is contiguous to land assessed as agricultural land. [ C81, §327G.81 ] 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §122