House File 466 HOUSE FILE BY FALLON and PETERSEN Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to condemnation of agricultural land for 2 recreational trails in certain counties. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1981HH 80 5 sc/cf/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 6A.21, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. "Private development purposes" means the construction 1 4 of, or improvement related to, recreational trails in counties 1 5 with less than two hundred thousand population, recreational 1 6 development paid for primarily with private funds, housing and 1 7 residential development, or commercial or industrial 1 8 enterprise development. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 Current law provides that agricultural land may not be 1 11 condemned for private development purposes, which includes 1 12 recreational trails, unless the owner of the land consents to 1 13 the condemnation. This bill provides that "private 1 14 development purposes" includes only recreational trails in 1 15 counties of less than 200,000 population. 1 16 LSB 1981HH 80 1 17 sc/cf/24.1 1 18 1 19 1 20 1 21 1 22 1 23 1 24 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35