H.F. 2104 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 461A.10A Restrictions on acquiring 1 real property. 2 1. The department shall not acquire real property available 3 for sale at an auction for real property. The department 4 shall only acquire real property from a willing donor or 5 willing seller, who shall not be under any compulsion by the 6 department. The department shall not acquire real property by 7 donation or purchase from a nonprofit corporation that acquired 8 the real property in a competitive manner, including but not 9 limited to at an auction. 10 2. For purposes of this section, “auction” means a public 11 auction or private auction, including but not limited to an 12 auction by electronic means, an auction by sealed bid, or a 13 conventional oral auction. 14 Sec. 2. Section 461A.11, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended 15 to read as follows: 16 1. The commission may accept gifts of land or other 17 property, subject to section 461A.10, or the use of lands or 18 other property for a term of years, and improve and use the 19 land as public state parks. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill restricts the acquisition of real property by the 24 department of natural resources (DNR). The bill authorizes DNR 25 to only acquire property through willing donors and sellers, 26 who shall not be under the compulsion of DNR. DNR also shall 27 not acquire property from a nonprofit that acquired property in 28 a competitive manner, including at an auction. 29 -1- LSB 5536YH (3) 90 lh/js 1/ 1