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Amendments To The Law "on Land Reform In The Cities Of The Republic Of Latvia"

Original Language Title: Grozījumi likumā "Par zemes reformu Latvijas Republikas pilsētās"

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The Saeima has adopted and the President issued the following law: amendments to the law «about the land reform in the cities of the Republic of Latvia Law «on» to make land reform cities» of the Republic of Latvia (Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Government Informant, 1991, 49/50; 1993, 18/19; The Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1994, 9) follows: 1. Replace the words «Article 8. Land reform in the third round, but not later than by 1 January 1994 (in Riga, by January 1, 1996) municipalities:» with the words «land reform in the third round of the urban municipalities:».
2. Express article 12, first paragraph, point 3 as follows: «3) if the former landlord of the land under the special protection of natural objects (or da | axis), which lists approved by the Committee on the environment, or the statutory national educational, cultural and scientific objects, national sports, and the country or city of interest engineering and transport infrastructure objects: streets, bridges, tunnels road transport, rail lines and ports. The property right to the land strengthened the State or municipality concerned after former land owners or their heirs according to their choice and in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law have received equivalent land parcel in another location of those lands that on 21 July 1940 a State or municipality owned, as well as from State lands or assent. If the former land owner or his heirs agreed on an equivalent piece of land or compensation is reached, then the following land law «on movable property expropriation State or public needs».»
3. To supplement the law with Chapter 5 of the following: «Chapter 5 land purchase and sales ORDER at the time of the land REFORM article 19. Land purchase and sale of land reform in time to buy and sell, you can only restore the land on which the property rights or property derived, on the basis of this law and the property rights of land register has been strengthened.
20. article. Land purchase subject to the land on which the property rights enshrined in the land registry, land reform, you can buy: 1) citizens of the Republic of Latvia;
2);
3);
4) registered companies in Latvia, of which more than half of the issued share capital belongs to citizens of Latvia;
5) Latvia registered foreign companies from countries with which Latvia has concluded international agreements on foreign investment promotion and protection, approved by Parliament and entered into force.
21. article. Land purchase procedures for citizens and legal persons with regard to the citizens of the Republic of Latvia, the order in which the purchase of the land on which the property rights enshrined in the land registry, governed by civil law.
As regards Latvia registered legal entities the procedures during the land reform in the corrupt land where property rights are enshrined in the land registry, governed by the provisions of this chapter, but the relationships that this chapter shall not apply to the regulation, of the civil code.
22. article. Legal person the right to land ownership in Latvia registered legal entities have the right to buy the land under buildings and structures they receive as a result of privatisation, and the maintenance of buildings and premises, or for other purposes required land.
Authorities determined the sale or auction the land use objectives, as well as business, farmland areas approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
In Latvia the registered legal person can not get the property: l) identified the urban agricultural and forest lands (urban land transformation may allow the City Council due to the amendment of the urban master plan);
2) national specially protected natural object in the busy urban land;
3) land occupied by a body of water whose area exceeds one hectare;
4) marine and other public waters of coastal land within the zone;
5 the State border zone).
23. article. State and local land sales order the land on which the property rights in the land on behalf of a State or local government, can only be sold at the auction. Former land owners or their heirs, if they have not been able to recover their former property or instead get an equivalent land for auction for the land paid by the estate of refund certificates other pretenders to the 1995 31 December — only with property refund certificates, but after 31 December 1995: the Cabinet in — with the money and property compensation certificates.
State and local government land auction arrangements shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
State and local governments must ensure transparency of land sales by publishing the relevant information in the newspaper «Latvijas journal» and given the district newspapers.
24. article. The legal person of the land purchase agreement handling policy of selling land in Latvia registered entities, a copy of the purchase agreement before the land property rights in the land register submitted to the consolidation of the Central Land Commission.
Central Land Commission not later than 20 days from the date of receipt of the contract of sale is entitled to suspend the final conclusion of the sales contract, failure to comply with the requirements of this law.
Central Land Commission decision can be appealed against in court.
25. article. Land tenure and use limitations in the border zone in the border zone Prohibited to transfer the land on which the property rights in the land, further strengthened the possession and usage, as well as the reign and use land and other real estate to the purchase of land prīekšlīgum.
26. article. Legal person of land property right of termination order If Latvia legal entities established in the acquired land purchase agreement is not used for the intended purpose (article 22, paragraph 2), without changing the rules of the Treaty, or of a breach of this Act, the provisions of article 20, This time of the year is the property to be forfeited. If this requirement is not fulfilled, the State property Fund, said the land will be sold in auction, 25 percent of the auction amount minus a pillar of good, but the rest of the auction portion of the amount paid to the owner.
Monitoring of compliance with the conditions of this article shall be made in the Cabinet.
Disputes in court.
27. article. Land purchase and sales restrictions expired

Land purchase and sales restrictions, with the exception of article 26 of this law limits, with land reform finished the day for each respective municipal territories.
After receipt of the application of the municipal decision on completion of the land reform in the territory of the municipality adopted the Parliament. "
Meander in 1994 adopted by the Saeima on 24 November.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga in 1994 on 13 December