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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, H-1457, to House File 686 as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 12, the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. . Section 403.2, subsection 3, Code 2003, 1 6 is amended to read as follows: 1 7 3. It is further found and declared that there 1 8 exists in this state the continuing need for programs 1 9 to alleviate and prevent conditions of unemployment 1 10 and a shortage of housing; and that it is accordingly 1 11 necessary to assist and retain local industries and 1 12 commercial enterprises to strengthen and revitalize 1 13 the economy of this state and its municipalities; that 1 14 accordingly it is necessary to provide means and 1 15 methods for the encouragement and assistance of 1 16 industrial and commercial enterprises in locating, 1 17 purchasing, constructing, reconstructing, modernizing, 1 18 improving, maintaining, repairing, furnishing, 1 19 equipping, and expanding in this state and its 1 20 municipalities, for the provision of public 1 21 improvements related to housing and residential 1 22 development, and for the construction of housing for 1 23 low and moderate income families; that accordingly it 1 24 is necessary to authorize local governing bodies to 1 25designate areas of a municipality as economic1 26development areas for commercial and industrial1 27enterprises, public improvements related to housing1 28and residential development, or construction of1 29housing for low and moderate income families; and that1 30it is also necessary toencourage the location and 1 31 expansion of commercial enterprises to more 1 32 conveniently provide needed services and facilities of 1 33 the commercial enterprises to municipalities and the 1 34 residents of the municipalities. Therefore, the 1 35 powers granted in this chapter constitute the 1 36 performance of essential public purposes for this 1 37 state and its municipalities. 1 38 Sec. . Section 403.4, subsection 1, Code 2003, 1 39 is amended to read as follows: 1 40 1. One or more slum,or blightedor economic1 41developmentareas exist in the municipality. 1 42 Sec. . Section 403.5, subsection 1, Code 2003, 1 43 is amended to read as follows: 1 44 1. A municipality shall not approve an urban 1 45 renewal project for an urban renewal area unless the 1 46 governing body has, by resolution, determined the area 1 47 to be a slum area,or blighted area,economic1 48development areaor a combination of those areas, and 1 49 designated the area as appropriate for an urban 1 50 renewal project. The local governing body shall not 2 1 approve an urban renewal plan until a general plan for 2 2 the municipality has been prepared. For this purpose 2 3 and other municipal purposes, authority is vested in 2 4 every municipality to prepare, to adopt and to revise 2 5 from time to time, a general plan for the physical 2 6 development of the municipality as a whole, giving due 2 7 regard to the environs and metropolitan surroundings. 2 8 A municipality shall not acquire real property for an 2 9 urban renewal project unless the local governing body 2 10 has approved the urban renewal project in accordance 2 11 with subsection 4." 2 12 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 21, the 2 13 following: 2 14 "Sec. . Section 403.5, subsection 4, paragraph 2 15 b, subparagraph (2), unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2 16 2003, is amended by striking the unnumbered 2 17 paragraph." 2 18 #3. Page 3, by inserting after line 14, the 2 19 following: 2 20 "Sec. . Section 403.7, Code 2003, is amended to 2 21 read as follows: 2 22 403.7 CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY. 2 23 A municipality shall have the right to acquire by 2 24 condemnation any interest in real property, including 2 25 a fee simple title thereto, which it may deem 2 26 necessary for or in connection with an urban renewal 2 27 project under this chapter.However, a municipality2 28shall not condemn agricultural land included within an2 29economic development area unless the owner of the2 30agricultural land consents to condemnation or unless2 31the agricultural land is to be acquired for industry2 32as that term is defined in section 260E.2.A 2 33 municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain 2 34 in the manner provided in chapter 6B, and Acts 2 35 amendatory to that chapter or supplementary to that 2 36 chapter, or it may exercise the power of eminent 2 37 domain in the manner now or which may be hereafter 2 38 provided by any other statutory provisions for the 2 39 exercise of the power of eminent domain. Property 2 40 already devoted to a public use may be acquired in 2 41 like manner. However, real property belonging to the 2 42 state, or any political subdivision of this state, 2 43 shall not be acquired without its consent, and real 2 44 property or any right or interest in the property 2 45 owned by any public utility company, pipeline company, 2 46 railway or transportation company vested with the 2 47 right of eminent domain under the laws of this state, 2 48 shall not be acquired without the consent of the 2 49 company, or without first securing, after due notice 2 50 to the company and after hearing, a certificate 3 1 authorizing condemnation of the property from the 3 2 board, commission or body having the authority to 3 3 grant a certificate authorizing condemnation. In a 3 4 condemnation proceeding, if a municipality proposes to 3 5 take a part of a lot or parcel of real property, the 3 6 municipality shall also take the remaining part of the 3 7 lot or parcel if requested by the owner." 3 8 #4. By striking page 3, line 32, through page 4, 3 9 line 10, and inserting the following: 3 10 "Sec. . Section 403.17, subsection 10, Code 3 11 2003, is amended by striking the subsection." 3 12 #5. Page 4, by inserting after line 16, the 3 13 following: 3 14 "Sec. . Section 403.17, subsection 23, Code 3 15 2003, is amended to read as follows: 3 16 23. "Urban renewal area" means a slum area,or 3 17 blighted area,economic development area,or 3 18 combination of the areas, which the local governing 3 19 body designates as appropriate for an urban renewal 3 20 project. 3 21 Sec. . Section 403.17, subsection 25, 3 22 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read 3 23 as follows: 3 24 "Urban renewal project" may include undertakings 3 25 and activities of a municipality in an urban renewal 3 26 area for the elimination and for the prevention of the 3 27 development or spread of slums and blight,may include3 28the designation and development of an economic3 29development area in an urban renewal area,and may 3 30 involve slum clearance and redevelopment in an urban 3 31 renewal area, or rehabilitation or conservation in an 3 32 urban renewal area, or any combination or part thereof 3 33 in accordance with an urban renewal program. The 3 34 undertakings and activities may include: 3 35 Sec. . Section 403.17, subsection 25, paragraph 3 36 a, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 3 37 a. Acquisition of a slum area,or blighted area, 3 38economic development area,or portion of the areas;". 3 39 #6. By renumbering as necessary. 3 40 3 41 3 42 3 43 FORD of Polk 3 44 HF 686.205 80 3 45 sc/sh
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