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Relating to notice of agency sales of unused highway right-of-way
Sponsored by the House Transportation (companion To Lsb 5361sv By Committee on Transportation) Committee
Topics:Transportation
Same legislation: SF 2110
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2024
- Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
- Done: House committeeFebruary 22, 2024
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 22, 202472–23
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 14, 2024
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 19, 202449–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 19, 2024
- Done: Signed into lawApril 19, 2024
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
Current law authorizes an agency in control of unused highway right-of-way to sell the land. If the agency does so, the agency is required to send notice of the agency’s intent to sell the land to the last known address of the present owner of adjacent land from which the land was originally purchased or condemned for highway purposes, and to the person who owned the land at the time it was purchased or condemned for highway purposes. The notice must include the name and address of any other person to whom a notice was sent, and the fair market value of the real property based upon an appraisal by an independent appraiser.
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The agency must send such notice by certified mail. This bill strikes the certified mail requirement, and instead authorizes required notice to be hand-delivered or sent by verified mail. Hand-delivered notice is deemed delivered when the recipient signs an acknowledgment of delivery, while notice sent by verified mail is deemed delivered when the notice is deposited with the United States postal service (USPS) or private delivery service, and such notice is properly addressed with postage prepaid. As used in the bill, “verified mail” means any method of mailing offered by USPS or private delivery service that provides evidence of the mailing.22(2), and the determined fair market value is $50,000 or less.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§306.23
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