House Journal: Page 1602: Thursday, April 22, 1999

	Houser of Pottawattamie offered amendment H?1754, to the 

Senate amendment H?1536, filed by Houser, et al., as follows:
H-1754
 1     Amend the Senate amendment, H-1536, to House File
 2   476, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House,
 3   as follows:
 4     1.  Page 1, line 11, by inserting after the word
 5   "to" the following:  "agricultural".
 6     2.  Page 1, by striking lines 17 through 23.
 7     3.  Page 1, by inserting after line 24 the
 8   following:
 9     " ___.  Page 5, line 2, by inserting after the word
10   "sought." the following:  "For purposes of section
11   6B.4A, if condemnation of agricultural land is sought
12   by a city or county, or an agency of a city or county,
13   for location of an industry as that term is defined in
14   section 260E.2, the application shall so state.
15   However, the city or county shall not be required to
16   disclose information on an industrial prospect with
17   which the city or county is currently negotiating."
18      ___.  Page 7, by inserting after line 31 the
19   following:
20     "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION.  6B.4A  REVIEW OF
21   APPLICATIONS BY COMPENSATION COMMISSION.
22     1.  If a city or county, or an agency of a city or
23   county, has filed an application for condemnation of
24   agricultural land for industry, the application is
25   subject to review by the compensation commission
26   pursuant to this section.
27     2.  At any time before the thirty-day notice of
28   assessment expires pursuant to section 6B.8, a
29   landowner may apply to the compensation commission for
30   review of the condemnation application to determine
31   whether the use of condemnation is necessary for the
32   placement of an industry in the community.  When
33   reviewing an application, the commission shall
34   consider all of the following:
35     a.  The feasibility of acquiring the agricultural
36   land by methods other than condemnation.
37     b.  The public cost and public benefit from
38   locating the industry on the agricultural land.
39     c.  The ability to adapt the industry development
40   plans to avoid the use of condemnation.
41     d.  The existence of a specific industry to be
42   located on the agricultural land.
43     e.  The amount of agricultural land requested to be
44   condemned compared to the total amount of agricultural
45   land needed for the project.
46     3.  The commission shall approve or deny the

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