Bill Text: IA HF299 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting the use of agreements concerning private land owners entered into by the loess hills development and conservation authority or the loess hills alliance. Effective 7-1-15.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-06-10 - Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President. [HF299 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF299-Introduced.html

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House File 299 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  WINDSCHITL

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the use of agreements concerning private
  2    land owners entered into by the loess hills development and
  3    conservation authority or the loess hills alliance.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  161D.9  Restriction.
  1  2    The loess hills development and conservation authority
  1  3 or the board of directors of the loess hills alliance shall
  1  4 not enter into any agreement with a local government or the
  1  5 state or federal government if the agreement regulates, on an
  1  6 involuntary basis, the action of a private landowner or the use
  1  7 of a private landowner's land.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 10 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 11    BILL.  This bill prohibits the loess hills development
  1 12 and conservation authority or the board of directors of the
  1 13 loess hills alliance from entering into any agreement with a
  1 14 local government, or the state or federal government, if such
  1 15 agreement would regulate a person who is a private landowner
  1 16 or the person's use of that land.  The bill does not apply to
  1 17 actions in which the private landowner consents.
  1 18    BACKGROUND.  The loess hills development and conservation
  1 19 authority includes Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass,
  1 20 Cherokee, Crawford, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Ida, Lyon,
  1 21 Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Sac,
  1 22 Shelby, Sioux, Taylor, and Woodbury counties (Code section
  1 23 161D.1(1)).  The mission of the authority is to develop and
  1 24 coordinate plans for projects related to the unique natural
  1 25 resource, rural development, and infrastructure problems
  1 26 of counties in the deep loess region of western Iowa (Code
  1 27 section 161D.1(2)).  The loess hills alliance includes Fremont,
  1 28 Harrison, Mills, Monona, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, and Woodbury
  1 29 counties.  The alliance is governed by a board of directors
  1 30 (Code section 161D.5(1)).  The mission of the alliance is to
  1 31 create a common vision for Iowa's loess hills, protecting
  1 32 special natural and cultural resources while ensuring economic
  1 33 viability and private property rights of the region (Code
  1 34 section 161D.4).
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