HF 2104 (LSB 5536YH (3) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2104

BY  HARRIS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resources.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  461A.10A  Restrictions on acquiring real property.
   1.  The department shall not acquire real property available for sale at an auction for real property. The department shall only acquire real property from a willing donor or willing seller, who shall not be under any compulsion by the department. The department shall not acquire real property by donation or purchase from a nonprofit corporation that acquired the real property in a competitive manner, including but not limited to at an auction.
   2.  For purposes of this section, “auction” means a public auction or private auction, including but not limited to an auction by electronic means, an auction by sealed bid, or a conventional oral auction.
    Sec. 2.  Section 461A.11, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The commission may accept gifts of land or other property, subject to section 461A.10, or the use of lands or other property for a term of years, and improve and use the land as public state parks.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill restricts the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resources (DNR). The bill authorizes DNR to only acquire property through willing donors and sellers, who shall not be under the compulsion of DNR. DNR also shall not acquire property from a nonprofit that acquired property in a competitive manner, including at an auction.