Amend House File 561 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
   Section 1.  Section 6A.1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   6A.1  Exercise of power by state.
   1.  Proceedings may be instituted and maintained by the state of Iowa, or for the use and benefit thereof, for the condemnation of such private property as may be necessary for any public improvement which the general assembly has authorized to be undertaken by the state, and for which an available appropriation has been made. The executive council shall institute and maintain such proceedings in case authority to so do be not otherwise delegated.
   2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the condemnation authority granted in this section shall not extend to the construction of a nuclear power generation facility and appurtenant structures or a small modular reactor generation facility and appurtenant structures.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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HUNTER of Polk