Text: HF02477 Text: HF02479 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 306.11, Code 1999, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 306.11 HEARING PLACE DATE. 1 4 In proceeding to the vacation and closing ofanya road, 1 5 part thereof, or railroad crossing, the agency in control of 1 6saidthe road, or road system, shall fix a date for a hearing 1 7thereonon the vacation and closing in the county wheresaid1 8 the road, or part thereof, or crossing, is located, and if 1 9 located in more than one county, then in a countywhereinin 1 10 which any part ofsuchthe road or crossing is located. If 1 11 the road to be vacated or changed is a secondary road located 1 12 in more than one county, the boards of supervisors ofsuchthe 1 13 counties, acting jointly, shall fix a date for a hearing 1 14thereonon the vacation or change in either or any of the 1 15 counties wheresuchthe road, or part thereof, is located. If 1 16 the proposed vacation is of a road right-of-way held by 1 17 easement and will not change the existing traveled portion of 1 18 the road or deny access to the road by adjoining landowners, a 1 19 hearing is not required. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 306.12, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 21 follows: 1 22 306.12 NOTICE SERVICE. 1 23 Notice of the hearing under section 306.11 shall be 1 24 published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county 1 25 or counties where the road is located, not less than four nor 1 26 more than twenty days prior to the date of hearing. The 1 27 agency which is holding the hearing shall notify all adjoining 1 28 property owners, all utility companies whose facilities adjoin 1 29 the road right-of-way or are on the road right-of-way, and the 1 30 department, boards of supervisors, or agency in control of 1 31 affected state lands, of the time and place of the hearing, by 1 32 certified mail, and shall notify all property owners located1 33outside the boundary of a city, who own ten or more acres of1 34land within one mile of the road, by regular mail. 1 35 EXPLANATION 2 1 This bill provides that the agency which has jurisdiction 2 2 over a road may vacate a road right-of-way held by easement 2 3 without a public hearing if the vacation will not change the 2 4 existing traveled portion of the road or deny access to the 2 5 road by adjoining landowners. 2 6 The bill also eliminates a requirement that an agency 2 7 holding a hearing on the vacation of a road, part of a road, 2 8 or railroad crossing within its jurisdiction notify by regular 2 9 mail all property owners located outside the boundary of a 2 10 city who own 10 or more acres of land within one mile of the 2 11 road. The public notice requirements and the notice 2 12 requirements for adjoining landowners remain in place. 2 13 LSB 6584HV 78 2 14 nh/as/5
Text: HF02477 Text: HF02479 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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