House
Study
Bill
223
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
GOVERNMENT
OVERSIGHT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
eminent
domain
authority,
1
modifying
and
establishing
related
procedures,
and
including
2
effective
date
and
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1
CONDEMNATION
FOR
CREATION
OF
A
LAKE
——
NUMBER
OF
ACRES
2
Section
1.
Section
6A.22,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
3
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(b),
Code
2015,
is
4
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5
(b)
(i)
For
purposes
of
this
subparagraph
(1),
“number
of
6
acres
justified
as
necessary
for
a
surface
drinking
water
source”
7
means
according
to
guidelines
of
the
United
States
natural
8
resource
conservation
service
and
according
to
analyses
of
9
surface
drinking
water
capacity
needs
conducted
by
one
or
more
10
registered
professional
engineers.
However,
the
determination
11
of
surface
drinking
water
capacity
needs
shall
be
limited
to
12
the
needs
of
the
population
of
the
county
where
the
lake
is
to
13
be
developed
or
created,
according
to
the
most
recent
federal
14
decennial
census.
15
(ii)
For
condemnation
proceedings
for
which
the
application
16
for
condemnation
pursuant
to
section
6B.3
was
filed
on
or
17
after
July
1,
2012,
and
on
or
before
January
1,
2015,
“number
18
of
acres
justified
as
necessary
for
a
surface
drinking
water
19
source”
,
as
determined
under
subparagraph
subdivision
(i)
20
shall
not
exceed
the
number
of
acres
that
would
be
necessary
21
to
provide
the
amount
of
drinking
water
consumed
in
the
most
22
recently
completed
calendar
year
prior
to
the
date
on
which
the
23
application
was
filed
in
the
county
where
the
lake
is
to
be
24
developed
or
created.
25
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
division
of
this
26
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
27
enactment.
28
DIVISION
II
29
CONDEMNATION
FOR
CREATION
OF
A
LAKE
——
EXISTING
SOURCES
30
Sec.
3.
Section
6A.22,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
31
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(a),
unnumbered
32
paragraph
1,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
33
If
private
property
is
to
be
condemned
for
development
34
or
creation
of
a
lake,
only
that
number
of
acres
justified
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as
necessary
for
a
surface
drinking
water
source,
and
not
1
otherwise
acquired,
may
be
condemned.
In
addition
However,
2
an
acquiring
agency
shall
not
have
the
authority
to
condemn
3
private
property
for
creation
of
a
lake
as
a
surface
drinking
4
water
source
if
an
existing
drinking
water
source
may
be
5
expanded
or
supplemented
for
such
purpose,
regardless
of
cost.
6
If
an
existing
drinking
water
source
is
incapable
of
being
7
expanded
or
supplemented
as
a
surface
drinking
water
source
,
8
the
acquiring
agency
shall
conduct
a
review
of
prudent
and
9
feasible
alternatives
to
provision
of
a
drinking
water
source
10
prior
to
making
a
determination
that
such
lake
development
or
11
creation
is
reasonable
and
necessary.
Development
or
creation
12
of
a
lake
as
a
surface
drinking
water
source
includes
all
of
13
the
following:
14
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
division
of
this
15
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
16
enactment.
17
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
This
division
of
this
Act
applies
to
18
projects
or
condemnation
proceedings
pending
or
commenced
on
or
19
after
the
effective
date
of
this
division
of
this
Act.
20
DIVISION
III
21
DISPLACED
PERSONS
22
Sec.
6.
Section
6B.42,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2015,
23
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
24
a.
The
acquiring
agency
shall
provide
to
the
person,
25
in
addition
to
any
other
sums
of
money
in
payment
of
just
26
compensation,
the
payments
and
assistance
required
by
law,
in
27
accordance
with
chapter
316
,
as
if
the
acquiring
agency
were
a
28
displacing
agency
under
that
chapter
,
regardless
of
whether
the
29
acquiring
agency
is
subject
to
the
federal
Uniform
Relocation
30
Act
and
regardless
of
whether
the
acquiring
agency
has
received
31
or
will
receive
federal
financial
assistance,
as
defined
in
32
section
316.1
.
33
Sec.
7.
Section
6B.42,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2015,
34
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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a.
A
utility
or
railroad
subject
to
section
327C.2
,
or
1
chapters
476
,
478
,
479
,
479A
,
and
479B
,
authorized
by
law
to
2
acquire
property
by
condemnation,
which
acquires
the
property
3
of
a
person
or
displaces
a
person
for
a
program
or
project
4
which
has
received
or
will
receive
federal
financial
assistance
5
as
defined
in
section
316.1
,
shall
provide
to
the
person,
6
in
addition
to
any
other
sums
of
money
in
payment
of
just
7
compensation,
the
payments
and
assistance
required
by
law,
in
8
accordance
with
chapter
316
,
regardless
of
whether
the
utility
9
or
railroad
is
subject
to
the
federal
Uniform
Relocation
Act
10
and
regardless
of
whether
the
utility
or
railroad
has
received
11
or
will
receive
federal
financial
assistance,
as
defined
in
12
section
316.1
.
13
Sec.
8.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
division
of
this
14
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
15
enactment.
16
Sec.
9.
APPLICABILITY.
This
division
of
this
Act
applies
to
17
projects
or
condemnation
proceedings
pending
or
commenced
on
or
18
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
19
DIVISION
IV
20
DISPOSITION
OF
CONDEMNED
PROPERTY
21
Sec.
10.
Section
6B.56,
subsection
4,
Code
2015,
is
amended
22
to
read
as
follows:
23
4.
The
provisions
of
this
section
do
not
apply
to
the
sale
24
of
unused
right-of-way
property
as
provided
in
chapter
306
or
25
to
property
that
is
subject
to
the
disposition
of
property
26
requirements
under
section
6B.56B
.
27
Sec.
11.
Section
6B.56A,
subsection
1,
Code
2015,
is
amended
28
to
read
as
follows:
29
1.
When
five
two
years
have
elapsed
since
property
was
30
condemned
and
the
property
has
not
been
used
for
the
purpose
31
stated
in
the
application
filed
pursuant
to
section
6B.3
,
and
32
the
acquiring
agency
has
not
taken
action
to
dispose
of
the
33
property
pursuant
to
section
6B.56
,
the
acquiring
agency
shall,
34
within
sixty
days,
adopt
a
resolution
reaffirming
the
purpose
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for
which
the
property
will
be
used
or
offering
the
property
1
for
sale
to
the
prior
owner
at
a
price
as
provided
in
section
2
6B.56
.
If
the
resolution
adopted
approves
an
offer
of
sale
to
3
the
prior
owner,
the
offer
shall
be
made
in
writing
and
mailed
4
by
certified
mail
to
the
prior
owner.
The
prior
owner
has
one
5
hundred
eighty
days
after
the
offer
is
mailed
to
purchase
the
6
property
from
the
acquiring
agency.
7
Sec.
12.
Section
6B.56A,
subsection
4,
Code
2015,
is
amended
8
to
read
as
follows:
9
4.
This
section
does
not
apply
to
property
acquired
for
10
street
and
highway
projects
undertaken
by
the
state,
a
county,
11
or
a
city
or
to
property
that
is
subject
to
the
disposition
of
12
property
requirements
under
section
6B.56B
.
13
Sec.
13.
NEW
SECTION
.
6B.56B
Disposition
of
condemned
14
property
——
lake
creation.
15
1.
If
property
was
condemned
according
to
the
requirements
16
of
section
6A.22,
subsection
2,
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
17
(1),
for
the
creation
of
a
lake,
and
the
acquiring
agency
seeks
18
to
dispose
of
all
or
a
portion
of
such
property,
regardless
of
19
whether
the
property
has
been
used
for
the
purpose
stated
in
20
the
application
filed
pursuant
to
section
6B.3,
the
acquiring
21
agency
shall
first
offer
such
property
for
sale
to
the
prior
22
owner
of
the
condemned
property
as
provided
in
this
section.
23
For
purposes
of
this
section,
the
prior
owner
of
the
real
24
property
includes
the
successor
in
interest
of
the
real
25
property.
26
2.
a.
Before
the
real
property
described
in
subsection
1
27
may
be
offered
for
sale
to
the
general
public,
the
acquiring
28
agency
shall
notify
the
prior
owner
of
such
real
property
in
29
writing
of
the
acquiring
agency’s
intent
to
dispose
of
the
real
30
property,
of
the
current
appraised
value
of
the
real
property
31
to
be
offered
for
sale,
and
of
the
prior
owner’s
right
to
32
purchase
the
real
property
to
be
offered
for
sale
within
sixty
33
days
from
the
date
the
notice
is
served
at
a
price
equal
to
the
34
current
appraised
value
of
the
real
property
to
be
offered
for
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sale
or
the
fair
market
value
of
the
property
to
be
offered
for
1
sale
at
the
time
it
was
acquired
by
the
acquiring
agency
from
2
the
prior
owner
plus
cleanup
costs
incurred
by
the
acquiring
3
agency,
whichever
is
less.
However,
the
current
appraised
4
value
of
the
real
property
to
be
offered
for
sale
shall
be
the
5
purchase
price
to
be
paid
by
the
previous
owner
if
any
other
6
amount
would
result
in
a
loss
of
federal
funding
for
projects
7
funded
in
whole
or
in
part
with
federal
funds.
The
notice
sent
8
by
the
acquiring
agency
as
provided
in
this
subsection
shall
9
be
filed
with
the
office
of
the
recorder
in
the
county
in
which
10
the
real
property
is
located.
11
b.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“cleanup
costs”
means
12
costs
incurred
to
abate
a
nuisance
or
a
public
nuisance
as
13
those
terms
are
defined
in
chapters
657
and
657A
and
costs
14
incurred
to
recycle
and
remediate
land
pursuant
to
chapter
15
455H.
16
3.
If
the
prior
owner
elects
to
purchase
the
real
property
17
at
the
price
established
in
subsection
2,
before
the
expiration
18
of
the
sixty-day
period,
the
prior
owner
shall
notify
the
19
acquiring
agency
in
writing
of
this
intention
and
file
a
copy
20
of
this
notice
with
the
office
of
the
recorder
in
the
county
in
21
which
the
real
property
is
located.
22
Sec.
14.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
division
of
this
23
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
24
enactment.
25
Sec.
15.
APPLICABILITY.
This
division
of
this
Act
applies
26
to
projects
or
condemnation
proceedings
pending
or
commenced
on
27
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
division
of
this
Act.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
relates
to
the
use
of
eminent
domain
authority
and
32
modifying
and
establishing
related
procedures.
33
Division
I
of
the
bill
amends
provisions
of
Code
section
34
6A.22,
relating
to
the
use
of
condemnation
for
creation
of
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a
lake
for
drinking
water
needs.
The
bill
provides
that
1
for
purposes
of
determining
the
number
of
acres
justified
2
as
necessary
for
a
surface
drinking
water
source,
the
3
determination
of
surface
drinking
water
capacity
needs
shall
4
be
limited
to
the
needs
of
the
population
of
the
county
where
5
the
lake
is
to
be
developed
or
created,
according
to
the
most
6
recent
federal
decennial
census.
The
bill
also
provides
7
that
for
condemnation
proceedings
for
which
the
application
8
for
condemnation
was
filed
on
or
after
July
1,
2012,
and
on
9
or
before
January
1,
2015,
the
number
of
acres
justified
10
as
necessary
for
a
surface
drinking
water
source
shall
not
11
exceed
the
number
of
acres
that
would
be
necessary
to
provide
12
the
amount
of
drinking
water
consumed
in
the
most
recently
13
completed
calendar
year
prior
to
filing
the
application,
in
the
14
county
where
the
lake
is
to
be
developed
or
created.
15
Division
I
of
the
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
16
Current
Code
section
6A.22(2)(c)(1)
authorizes
the
use
of
17
eminent
domain
for
development
or
creation
of
a
lake
and
limits
18
that
authority
based
on
the
need
for
surface
drinking
water.
19
Division
II
of
the
bill
prohibits
an
acquiring
agency
from
20
condemning
private
property
for
creation
of
a
lake
as
a
surface
21
drinking
water
source
if
an
existing
drinking
water
source
may
22
be
expanded
or
supplemented
for
such
purpose,
regardless
of
23
cost.
24
Division
II
of
the
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
25
applies
to
projects
or
condemnation
proceedings
pending
or
26
commenced
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
the
division.
27
Current
Code
section
6B.42
requires
an
acquiring
agency
and
28
certain
utilities
and
railroads
to
provide
to
the
condemnee,
29
in
addition
to
any
other
sums
of
money
in
payment
of
just
30
compensation,
the
payments
and
assistance
required
by
law,
31
in
accordance
with
Code
chapter
316,
as
if
the
acquiring
32
agency
were
a
displacing
agency
under
that
Code
chapter.
33
Code
chapter
316
provides
for
certain
relocation
assistance
34
and
relocation
payments
for
displaced
persons
resulting
from
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federally
assisted
programs
or
projects.
Division
III
of
the
1
bill
amends
Code
section
6B.42
to
provide
that
the
relocation
2
assistance
and
relocation
payments
for
displaced
persons
must
3
be
provided
by
an
acquiring
agency,
utility,
or
railroad,
4
regardless
of
whether
such
entity
is
subject
to
the
federal
5
Uniform
Relocation
Act
and
regardless
of
whether
the
entity
is
6
receiving
federal
financial
assistance.
7
Division
III
of
the
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
8
applies
to
projects
or
condemnation
proceedings
pending
or
9
commenced
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
division
III
of
the
10
bill.
11
Division
IV
of
the
bill
enacts
new
Code
section
6B.56B,
which
12
provides
that
if
property
was
condemned
for
the
creation
of
13
a
lake
and
the
acquiring
agency
seeks
to
dispose
of
all
or
a
14
portion
of
such
property,
regardless
of
whether
the
property
15
has
been
used
for
the
purpose
stated
in
the
condemnation
16
application,
the
acquiring
agency
shall
first
offer
such
17
property
for
sale
to
the
prior
owner
of
the
condemned
property.
18
The
bill
specifies
that
notice
that
must
be
provided
to
the
19
prior
owner
before
such
property
may
be
offered
for
sale
to
the
20
general
public.
The
bill
also
specifies
the
price
at
which
the
21
prior
owner
may
purchase
such
property
and
the
procedures
to
be
22
followed
if
the
prior
owner
elects
to
purchase
the
property.
23
Division
IV
also
specifies
that
current
Code
sections
6B.56
24
and
6B.56A,
relating
to
the
disposition
of
condemned
property,
25
do
not
apply
to
property
condemned
under
Code
section
6A.22
for
26
the
creation
of
a
lake.
27
Current
Code
section
6B.56A
provides
that
when
five
years
28
have
elapsed
since
property
was
condemned
and
the
property
29
has
not
been
used
for
the
purpose
stated
in
the
application
30
and
the
acquiring
agency
has
not
taken
action
to
dispose
of
31
the
property
pursuant
to
Code
section
6B.56,
the
acquiring
32
agency
shall,
within
60
days,
adopt
a
resolution
reaffirming
33
the
purpose
for
which
the
property
will
be
used
or
offering
34
the
property
for
sale
to
the
prior
owner.
The
bill
changes
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the
period
of
time
for
such
disposition
from
five
years
to
two
1
years.
2
Division
IV
of
the
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
3
applies
to
projects
or
condemnation
proceedings
pending
or
4
commenced
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
division
IV
of
the
5
bill.
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