House File 2044

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                                       BY  FALLON


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the amount of territory that may be annexed by
  2    involuntary petition.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 368.11, subsection 3, Code Supplement
  1  2 2003, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  o.  In the case of an annexation, a
  1  4 statement estimating the amount of land located in the
  1  5 annexing city that is currently vacant or undeveloped.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 368.17, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1  7 the following new subsection:
  1  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  An involuntary annexation if the
  1  9 territory to be annexed exceeds five hundred acres or if the
  1 10 total amount of territory annexed by the city pursuant to
  1 11 section 368.11 for the calendar year in which the petition is
  1 12 being considered by the committee would exceed five hundred
  1 13 acres when combined with the amount of territory to be
  1 14 annexed.  However, the committee may approve a petition under
  1 15 such circumstances if the committee determines that there is
  1 16 an insufficient amount of land available for development
  1 17 purposes within the annexing city's corporate limits.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill limits annexations by involuntary petition to no
  1 20 more than 500 acres per city per calendar year unless the
  1 21 local committee considering the annexation determines that
  1 22 there is an insufficient amount of land available for
  1 23 development purposes within the annexing city's corporate
  1 24 limits.  The bill also requires that the involuntary petition
  1 25 contain a statement estimating the amount of land located in
  1 26 the annexing city that is currently vacant or undeveloped.
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