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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 6B.56 DISPOSITION OF CONDEMNED 1 2 PROPERTY. 1 3 1. If real property condemned pursuant to this chapter is 1 4 not used for the purpose stated in the application filed 1 5 pursuant to section 6B.3 and the condemner seeks to dispose of 1 6 the real property, the condemner shall first offer the 1 7 property for sale to the prior owner of the condemned property 1 8 as provided in this section. For purposes of this section, 1 9 prior owner of the real property includes the successor in 1 10 interest of the real property. 1 11 2. Before the real property may be offered for sale to the 1 12 general public, the condemner shall notify the prior owner of 1 13 the real property condemned in writing of the condemner's 1 14 intent to dispose of the real property, of the amount of 1 15 damages awarded the prior owner for the real property when the 1 16 real property was condemned pursuant to this chapter, and of 1 17 the prior owner's right to purchase the real property within 1 18 sixty days from the date the notice is served at a price equal 1 19 to the amount of damages awarded the prior owner for the real 1 20 property when the real property was condemned. The notice 1 21 sent by the condemner as provided in this subsection shall be 1 22 filed with the office of the recorder in the county in which 1 23 the real property is located. 1 24 3. If the prior owner elects to purchase the real property 1 25 at the price established in subsection 2, before the 1 26 expiration of the sixty-day period, the prior owner shall 1 27 notify the condemner in writing of this intention and file a 1 28 copy of this notice with the office of the recorder in the 1 29 county in which the real property is located. 1 30 4. The provisions of this section do not apply to the sale 1 31 of unused right-of-way property as provided in chapter 306. 1 32 EXPLANATION 1 33 This bill provides that a prior owner of condemned real 1 34 property shall be given 60 days to reacquire that property if 1 35 the condemner has not used the property for the purpose of the 2 1 condemnation and if the entity that condemned the real 2 2 property seeks to otherwise dispose of the property to the 2 3 public. The bill provides that the prior owner can reacquire 2 4 the property at a price equal to the amount of damages awarded 2 5 the prior owner through condemnation. The bill does not apply 2 6 to the sale of unused right-of-way property as provided in 2 7 chapter 306. 2 8 LSB 3759SV 76 2 9 ec/jj/8
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