House Amendment 8109


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend House File 2376 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting:
     1  3    <Section 1.  Section 368.7, subsection 1, paragraphs
     1  4 a and f, Code 2009, are amended to read as follows:
     1  5    a.  All of the owners of land in a territory
     1  6 adjoining a city may apply in writing to the council
     1  7 of the adjoining city requesting annexation of the
     1  8 territory. Territory comprising railway right=of=way
     1  9 or territory comprising not more than twenty percent
     1 10 of the owners of the land area may be included in
     1 11 the application without the consent of the owner to
     1 12 avoid creating an island or to create more uniform
     1 13 boundaries. Public land may be included in the
     1 14 territory to be annexed. However, the area of the
     1 15 territory that is public land included without the
     1 16 written consent of the agency with jurisdiction
     1 17 over the public land shall not be used to determine
     1 18 the percentage of territory the owners of the land
     1 19 area that is included with the consent of the owner and
     1 20 without the consent of the owner.
     1 21    f.  An annexation including territory comprising not
     1 22 more than twenty percent of the owners of the land area
     1 23 without consent of the property owners is not complete
     1 24 without approval by four=fifths of the members of the
     1 25 city development board after a hearing for all affected
     1 26 property owners and the county. When considering such
     1 27 an annexation application, the board may request that
     1 28 the annexing city provide information on the amount of
     1 29 land located in the annexing city that is currently
     1 30 vacant or undeveloped and whether municipal services
     1 31 are being provided to current residents of the annexing
     1 32 city.>
     1 33 #2.  Page 2, after line 22 by inserting:
     1 34    <Sec. ___.  APPLICABILITY.  The section of this Act
     1 35 amending section 368.7 applies to applications for
     1 36 voluntary annexation filed on or after the effective
     1 37 date of this Act.>
     1 38 #3.  Title page line 3, after <board> by inserting <,
     1 39 amending provisions relating to  procedures in certain
     1 40 voluntary annexations, and including applicability
     1 41 provisions>
     1 42 #4.  By renumbering as necessary.


                                        
          TYMESON of Madison
          HF2376.1091 (2) 83
          md/sc

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