§ 461A.71 — Public access and use

Iowa § 461A.71

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XI: NATURAL RESOURCES
• Ch. 461A: PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS

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Any lake in the water recreational area, together with at least twenty-five percent of the
water frontage of the water recreational area and all land which adjoins and lies within one
hundred yards from any point of such twenty-five percent of the water frontage, shall be
permanently subject to and available for free public access and use. The municipality or
corporation shall grant to the state of Iowa a perpetual easement for such public access
and use, and such easement shall not be impaired or destroyed in whole or in part by
nonuse. Before a permit is granted as provided in section 461A.70, the commission and
the municipality or corporation shall agree on the location and description of such water
frontage and land to be permanently subject to and available for free public access and
use, and such location and description shall be stated in the permit. However, in lieu of
the foregoing procedure, the commission and the municipality or corporation may agree
that the commission may select such water frontage and land after the permit is granted,
and the permit shall so state. At any time the commission, with the written consent of the
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municipality or corporation, may designate any additional land within the water recreational
area to be permanently subject to and available for free public access and use; and the
municipality or corporation shall grant to the state of Iowa a perpetual easement for such
public access and use, which easement shall not be impaired or destroyed in whole or in part
by nonuse. However, the commission may enter into agreements from time to time with one
or more municipalities or corporations for the management, development, improvement,
care, and maintenance of such lake, water frontage, and land.

Legislative History

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §111.71]