House
File
2678
H-8123
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House
File
2678
as
follows:
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Page
36,
after
line
25
by
inserting:
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DIVISION
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3
FOREIGN
LANDHOLDINGS
4
Sec.
___.
Section
9I.7,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2026,
5
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
A
nonresident
alien,
foreign
business,
or
foreign
7
government,
or
an
agent,
trustee,
or
fiduciary
thereof,
which
8
owns
an
interest
in
agricultural
land
within
this
state
on
or
9
after
January
1,
1980,
shall
register
the
agricultural
land
10
with
the
secretary
of
state.
The
registration
shall
be
made
11
within
sixty
days
after
January
1,
1980,
or
within
sixty
days
12
after
acquiring
the
land
or
the
interest
in
land,
whichever
is
13
later.
The
registration
shall
be
made
online
or
in
the
form
14
and
manner
prescribed
by
the
secretary
of
state.
Information
15
described
in
this
section
is
a
confidential
record
and
subject
16
to
use
in
the
same
manner
as
provided
in
section
10B.5.
As
part
17
of
the
registration,
the
nonresident
alien,
foreign
business,
18
or
foreign
government,
or
an
agent,
trustee,
or
fiduciary
19
thereof,
shall
file
all
of
the
following
information:
20
Sec.
___.
Section
10B.5,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
21
to
read
as
follows:
22
2.
Information
Except
as
provided
in
section
10B.5A,
23
information
in
reports
required
in
this
chapter
is
a
24
confidential
record
as
provided
in
section
22.7
.
The
attorney
25
general
may
have
access
to
the
reports,
and
may
use
information
26
in
the
reports
in
any
action
to
enforce
state
law,
including
27
but
not
limited
to
chapters
9H
and
9I
.
The
reports
shall
28
be
made
available
to
members
of
the
general
assembly
and
29
appropriate
committees
of
the
general
assembly
in
order
to
30
determine
the
extent
that
agricultural
land
is
held
in
this
31
state
by
corporations
and
other
business
and
foreign
entities
32
and
the
effect
of
such
land
ownership
upon
the
economy
of
this
33
state.
The
secretary
of
state
shall
assist
any
committee
of
34
the
general
assembly
studying
these
issues.
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Sec.
___.
Section
10B.5A,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
10B.5A
Annual
summary
to
governor
and
general
assembly
——
3
foreign
landholdings
.
4
The
secretary
of
state
shall
prepare
an
annual
summary
of
5
foreign
landholding.
The
summary
must
be
a
report
summarizing
6
the
compiled
information
included
in
the
current
registrations
7
filed
pursuant
to
section
9I.7
and
the
last
reports
filed
8
pursuant
to
section
10B.4
.
The
information
is
a
confidential
9
record
as
provided
in
section
22.7.
The
attorney
general
may
10
have
access
to
the
annual
summary
and
may
use
information
11
in
the
annual
summary
in
any
action
to
enforce
state
law,
12
including
but
not
limited
to
chapters
9H
and
9I
,
and
this
13
chapter
.
The
annual
summary
shall
be
made
available
to
the
14
governor,
members
of
the
general
assembly,
and
appropriate
15
committees
of
the
general
assembly
in
order
to
determine
the
16
extent
that
agricultural
land
is
held
in
this
state
by
foreign
17
entities
and
the
effect
of
such
land
ownership
upon
the
economy
18
of
this
state.
Upon
request,
the
secretary
of
state
shall
19
assist
any
committee
of
the
general
assembly
studying
these
20
issues.
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2.
Title
page,
by
striking
lines
1
through
5
and
inserting
22
<
An
Act
providing
for
certain
persons
acting
under
the
23
jurisdiction
of
the
secretary
of
state,
including
by
providing
24
for
information
from
required
filings,
and
the
administrative
25
dissolution
of
certain
entities,
and
making
penalties
26
applicable.
>
27
3.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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