Senate File 449 H-1248 Amend the amendment, H-1188, to Senate File 449, as 1 passed by the Senate, as follows: 2 1. Page 1, line 26, by striking < that > and 3 inserting < located in a county with a population of 4 greater than nine thousand two hundred fifty but less 5 than nine thousand three hundred, according to the 2010 6 federal decennial census, which property > 7 2. Page 2, by striking lines 6 through 26 and 8 inserting: 9 < Sec. ___. Section 6A.22, subsection 2, paragraph 10 c, subparagraph (1), Code 2015, is amended by adding 11 the following new subparagraph division: 12 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION . (0b) For condemnation 13 of property located in a county with a population 14 of greater than nine thousand two hundred fifty but 15 less than nine thousand three hundred, according to 16 the 2010 federal decennial census, prior to making 17 a determination that development or creation of a 18 lake as a surface drinking water source is reasonable 19 and necessary, the acquiring agency shall conduct a 20 review of feasible alternatives to development or 21 creation of a lake as a surface drinking water source. 22 An acquiring agency shall not have the authority 23 to condemn private property for the development or 24 creation of a lake as a surface drinking water source 25 if one or more feasible alternatives to provision of 26 a drinking water source exist. An alternative that 27 results in the physical expansion of an existing 28 drinking water source is presumed to be a feasible 29 alternative to development or creation of a lake as 30 a surface drinking water source. An alternative that 31 supplies drinking water by pipeline or other method of 32 transportation or transmission from an existing source 33 located within or outside this state at a reasonable 34 cost is a feasible alternative to development or 35 creation of a lake as a surface drinking water source. 36 If private property is to be condemned for development 37 or creation of a lake, only that number of acres 38 justified as necessary for a surface drinking water 39 source, and not otherwise acquired, may be condemned. 40 Development or creation of a lake as a surface drinking 41 water source includes all of the following: 42 (i) Construction of the dam, including sites for 43 suitable borrow material and the auxiliary spillway. 44 (ii) The water supply pool. 45 (iii) The sediment pool. 46 (iv) The flood control pool. 47 (v) The floodwater retarding pool. 48 (vi) The surrounding area upstream of the dam 49 no higher in elevation than the top of the dam’s 50 -1- H1188.1570 (3) 86 md/sc 1/ 2 #1. #2.
elevation. 1 (vii) The appropriate setback distance required 2 by state or federal laws and regulations to protect 3 drinking water supply. > 4 3. Page 2, before line 27 by inserting: 5 < Sec. ___. Section 6A.24, subsection 3, Code 2015, 6 is amended to read as follows: 7 3. For any action brought under this section , 8 the burden of proof shall be on the acquiring agency 9 to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that 10 the finding of public use, public purpose, or public 11 improvement meets the definition of those terms. 12 However, for any action brought under this section 13 that involves property described in section 6A.22, 14 subsection 2, paragraph “c” , subparagraph (1), 15 subparagraph division (0b), the burden of proof shall 16 be on the acquiring agency to prove by clear and 17 convincing evidence that no feasible alternatives 18 to provision of a drinking water source exist. If a 19 property owner or a contract purchaser of record or a 20 tenant occupying the property under a recorded lease 21 prevails in an action brought under this section , the 22 acquiring agency shall be required to pay the costs, 23 including reasonable attorney fees, of the adverse 24 party. > 25 4. Page 2, line 48, after < subparagraph (1), > by 26 inserting < subparagraph division (0b), > 27 5. By renumbering as necessary. 28 ______________________________ KAUFMANN of Cedar -2- H1188.1570 (3) 86 md/sc 2/ 2 #3. #4. #5.