House Journal: Page 999: Monday, March 27, 2000
35 levee district associations, benefited recreational
36 lake districts, and any soil conservation
37 organizations. The alliance shall include a copy of
38 any plans and proposals and shall document the results
39 and findings of any hearings in a report or series of
40 reports. The alliance shall submit an annual report,
41 including progress on its ten-year plan and strategies
42 for the attainment of the goals of this section, to
43 the general assembly by the first day of each regular
44 legislative session.
45 4. The Missouri river preservation and land use
46 alliance shall administer the Missouri river
47 preservation and land use account, under section
48 161D.2, and shall deposit and expend moneys in the
49 fund for the development of plans for, development of,
50 and purchase of lands adjacent to the Missouri river
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1 and for annual payment of property taxes on any land
2 purchased. The county treasurer shall certify the
3 amount of taxes due to the alliance. The assessed
4 value of the property held by the authority shall be
5 that value determined under section 427.1, subsection
6 18, and the alliance may protest the assessed value in
7 the manner provided by law for any property owner to
8 protest an assessment. For purposes of chapter 257,
9 the assessed value of any property which was acquired
10 by the alliance shall be included in the valuation
11 base of the school district and the payments made by
12 the alliance shall be considered as property tax
13 revenues and not as miscellaneous income. The
14 expenditure of funds may include, but is not limited
15 to, use of moneys from the Missouri river preservation
16 and land use account to match funds from state,
17 federal, and private resources.
18 5. The title to all property purchased by the
19 Missouri river preservation and land use alliance
20 shall be taken in the name of the state, but no land
21 shall be acquired through condemnation proceedings and
22 all purchases shall be from willing sellers. The
23 alliance may transfer jurisdiction over any lands the
24 alliance acquires to the department of natural
25 resources, or may enter into agreements with the
26 department or the appropriate county conservation
27 board, for the management of the lands. All lands
28 purchased shall be for public use, and not for private
29 commercial purposes, but the alliance may permit the
30 expenditure of private funds for the improvement of
31 land or water adjacent to or purchased by the
32 alliance. All surveys and plats of lands purchased by
33 the alliance shall be filed in the manner provided in
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