House File 490

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 305)


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the right of condemnation of owners of certain
  2    land and including effective and applicability date
  3    provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2483HV 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 6A.4, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  3    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The right granted in this
  1  4 subsection does not extend to an owner of land who acquired
  1  5 title to the land by tax deed pursuant to chapter 448, or to
  1  6 subsequent owners of the land.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1  8 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies
  1  9 to titles to land transferred on or after the effective date.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill provides that an owner of land acquired by tax
  1 12 deed, or a subsequent owner, does not have the right to
  1 13 condemn land for purposes of providing a public way to the
  1 14 land acquired by tax deed.
  1 15    The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to land
  1 16 title transfers on or after the effective date.
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