Eminent domain legislation is resurrected in Iowa House
“A bill restricting the use of eminent domain that died in last week’s legislative funnel deadline was resurrected in the Iowa House on Tuesday.
Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to add the measure as an amendment to another piece of legislation, bringing it back into the mix for consideration and possible passage this year.
House File 219 would have prohibited the use of eminent domain – in which the government condemns and takes control of private property – to acquire private land for a recreational lake. It failed, however, to win necessary approvals in the Senate before Friday’s procedural deadline. House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, called it one of his biggest disappointments of the session so far.”
Noble, Jason. Des Moines Register 9 April 2013.