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714
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
714
BY
MOMMSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
restrictions
on
the
acquisition
of
real
1
property
by
the
department
of
natural
resources.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
461A.10A
Restrictions
on
acquiring
1
real
property.
2
1.
The
department
shall
not
acquire
real
property
available
3
for
sale
at
a
public
auction
for
real
property.
The
department
4
shall
only
acquire
real
property
from
a
willing
donor
or
5
willing
seller,
who
shall
not
be
under
any
compulsion
by
the
6
department.
The
department
shall
not
acquire
real
property
for
7
more
than
appraised
value
from
a
nonprofit
corporation
that
8
directly
purchased
real
property
for
sale
at
a
public
auction.
9
2.
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
the
department
may
acquire
10
real
property
available
for
sale
at
a
public
auction
or
from
11
a
nonprofit
corporation
that
acquired
the
real
property
at
a
12
public
auction
if
the
acquisition
is
in
furtherance
of
a
local
13
or
statewide
conservation
or
recreation
plan
and
approved
by
14
the
commission.
15
3.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“auction”
includes
but
is
16
not
limited
to
an
auction
by
electronic
means,
an
auction
by
17
sealed
bid,
or
a
conventional
oral
auction.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
461A.11,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
19
to
read
as
follows:
20
1.
The
commission
may
accept
gifts
of
land
or
other
21
property,
subject
to
section
461A.10,
or
the
use
of
lands
or
22
other
property
for
a
term
of
years,
and
improve
and
use
the
23
land
as
public
state
parks.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
restricts
the
acquisition
of
real
property
by
the
28
department
of
natural
resources
(DNR).
The
bill
prohibits
DNR
29
from
acquiring
real
property
at
a
public
auction.
The
bill
30
authorizes
DNR
to
only
acquire
property
through
willing
donors
31
and
sellers,
who
shall
not
be
under
the
compulsion
of
DNR.
DNR
32
also
shall
not
acquire
property
for
more
than
appraised
value
33
from
a
nonprofit
corporation
that
purchased
the
property
at
a
34
public
auction.
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The
bill
provides
an
exception
to
the
restrictions
on
the
1
acquisition
of
land.
The
bill
allows
DNR
to
acquire
real
2
property
from
a
public
auction
or
from
a
nonprofit
corporation
3
that
acquired
the
real
property
at
a
public
auction
as
long
4
as
the
acquisition
is
in
furtherance
of
a
local
or
statewide
5
conservation
or
recreation
plan
and
is
approved
by
the
natural
6
resource
commission.
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