Text: H08048 Text: H08050 Text: H08000 - H08099 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2089 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 30 and 1 3 inserting the following: 1 4 "306.23 NOTICE – PREFERENCE OF SALE. 1 5 1. The agency in control of a tract, parcel, or 1 6 piece of land, or part thereof, which is unused right- 1 7 of-way shall send by certified mail to the last known 1 8 address of the present owner or owners of adjacent 1 9 land from which the tract, parcel, piece of land, or 1 10 part thereof, was originally purchased or condemned 1 11 for highway purposes, and to the person who owned the 1 12 land at the time it was purchased or condemned for 1 13 highway purposes, notice of the agency's intent to 1 14 sell the land, the name and address of any other 1 15 person to whom a notice was sent, and the fair market 1 16 value of the real property based upon an appraisal by 1 17 an independent appraiser. 1 18 2. The notice shall give an opportunity to the 1 19 present owner of adjacent property and to the person 1 20 who owned the land at the time it was purchased or 1 21 condemned for highway purposes to be heard and make 1 22 offers within sixty days of the date the notice is 1 23 mailed for the tract, parcel, or piece of land to be 1 24 sold.AnIf the person who owned the land at the time 1 25 it was purchased or condemned for highway purposes 1 26 makes an offer which equals or exceeds in amountany1 27other offer received and which equals or exceedsthe 1 28 fair market value of the property, the person shall be 1 29 given preference by the agency in control of the land. 1 30 If the person who owned the land at the time it was 1 31 purchased or condemned for highway purposes makes no 1 32 offer within sixty days or if the offer does not equal 1 33 or exceed the fair market value of the land, and a 1 34 present owner of adjacent property makes an offer 1 35 which equals or exceeds in amount any other offer 1 36 received and which equals or exceeds the fair market 1 37 value of the property, then the present owner making 1 38 the offer shall be given preference by the agency in 1 39 control of the land. If no offers are received within 1 40 sixty days or if no offer equals or exceeds the fair 1 41 market value of the land, the agency shall transfer 1 42 the land for a public purpose or proceed with the sale 1 43 of the property. 1 44 3. For the purposes of this section, "public 1 45 purpose" means the transfer to a state agency or a 1 46 city, county, or other political subdivision for a 1 47 public purpose. 1 48 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 49 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment." 1 50 #2. Title page, line 3, by inserting after the 2 1 word "property" the following: "and providing an 2 2 effective date". 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT 2 7 VANDE HOEF of Osceola, Chairperson 2 8 HF 2089.201 77 2 9 ec/jl/28
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