457A.1  Acquisition by other than condemnation.

The department, any county conservation board, and any city or agency of a city may acquire by purchase, gift, contract, or other voluntary means, but not by eminent domain, conservation easements in land to preserve scenic beauty, wildlife habitat, riparian lands, wet lands, or forests, promote outdoor recreation, or otherwise conserve for the benefit of the public the natural beauty, natural resources, and public recreation facilities of the state.

Section History: Early form

  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 111D.1; 82 Acts, ch 1199, § 58, 96]

Section History: Recent form

  86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1873

  C93, § 457A.1

Internal References

  Referred to in § 457A.2, 457A.5

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