Bill Text: IA SF2324 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to restrictions on the acquisition of real property by the department of natural resources.(Formerly SSB 3129.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-03-12 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-1. [SF2324 Detail]
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Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2324
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
AND
ENVIRONMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3129)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
restrictions
on
the
acquisition
of
real
1
property
by
the
department
of
natural
resources.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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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
from
a
nonprofit
corporation
that
directly
purchased
8
real
property
for
sale
at
an
auction.
9
2.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“auction”
means
a
public
10
auction
or
private
auction,
including
but
not
limited
to
an
11
auction
by
electronic
means,
an
auction
by
sealed
bid,
or
a
12
conventional
oral
auction.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
461A.11,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
14
to
read
as
follows:
15
1.
The
commission
may
accept
gifts
of
land
or
other
16
property,
subject
to
section
461A.10,
or
the
use
of
lands
or
17
other
property
for
a
term
of
years,
and
improve
and
use
the
18
land
as
public
state
parks.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
restricts
the
acquisition
of
real
property
by
the
23
department
of
natural
resources
(DNR).
The
bill
prohibits
24
DNR
from
acquiring
real
property
at
an
auction.
The
bill
25
authorizes
DNR
to
only
acquire
property
through
willing
donors
26
and
sellers,
who
shall
not
be
under
the
compulsion
of
DNR.
DNR
27
also
shall
not
acquire
property
from
a
nonprofit
corporation
28
that
purchased
the
property
at
an
auction.
29
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