Senate File 278

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BEALL


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to liability of current and former owners of
  2    mining land and the public use of private land.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2394SS 80
  5 rh/cf/24

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section. 1.  NEW SECTION.  461C.3A  CURRENT AND FORMER
  1  2 OWNERS OF MINING LAND.
  1  3    If the owner of land previously used for mining gypsum,
  1  4 clay, stone, sand, gravel, coal, or other ores or mineral
  1  5 solids is afforded the protections of this chapter with
  1  6 respect to a recreational use of the land, a former owner of
  1  7 the land shall be afforded the same protections of this
  1  8 chapter if the ownership of the land was transferred by the
  1  9 former owner to the current owner free and clear of all
  1 10 claims, liens, and encumbrances.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill provides that if the owner of land previously
  1 13 used for mining gypsum, clay, stone, sand, gravel, coal, or
  1 14 other ores or mineral solids is afforded the protections of
  1 15 Code chapter 461C with respect to public recreational use of
  1 16 the land, a former owner of the land shall be afforded the
  1 17 same protections of this Code chapter if the ownership of the
  1 18 land was transferred by the former owner to the current owner
  1 19 free and clear of all claims, liens, and encumbrances.
  1 20 LSB 2394SS 80
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