The Saeima has adopted and the President issued the following law: amendments to the law «About privatization of land in rural areas make the law «on», land privatisation in rural areas "(the Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Government Informant, 1992, 32/33/34, 1993, 8/9, 18/19) the following amendments: 1. Make the text of article 3 by the following: «the privatization of rural areas is subject to the land where the 21 July 1940 was the property of natural persons as well as the land, which was the State and legal persons owned and was transferred to the permanent use of the natural persons land reform in the first round or is passed as equivalent to land the former land ownership.
Under that July 21 1940 was the State and legal persons, you can privatize, in accordance with the relevant legislative acts of the Republic of Latvia, except that this article is referred to in the first subparagraph.
With protected natural objects in occupied land ownership are governed by special legislation.
Former land owners or their heirs, at their request, revert to the ownership of the mineral deposits, and deposits the territories, stating that the use of the subsoils are governed by a separate law.»
2. Make the text in article 6 by the following: «the former land owners or their heirs are restored ownership of the land, if the land request filed until 20 June 1991, except when the land reform in the first round of the land granted to permanent use of other natural persons farm, home, individual farm orchards, Uptown and cottage maintenance until 1990 21 November its completion of construction site , State and local government-owned buildings, structures and nonproductive nature, shared object.
If the land reform in the first round of the Earth is for another natural person who is not a citizen of the Republic of Latvia, in the first paragraph in those exceptional cases where the land remains state-owned, but the natural person remains in the land use rights.
Former land owners or their heirs who request submitted by land after 20 June 1991, their former land is given away property, except when the land up to the time of submission of the application is assigned a permanent use for another natural person, as well as State and local government-owned buildings, structures and nonproductive nature, shared object. On land granted to legal persons in use for other purposes, are restored to the former owners or their heirs to property rights, but to use such land they received no later than five years, repressed person not later than one year after the submission of the request for the land.
If the former land owner or their heirs the land located in the requested entities owned buildings and premises, as well as individual buildings and premises, resulting in the law «About agricultural enterprises and the privatisation of the labourer "of fishermen in the order, the legal and natural persons are guaranteed the right to rent the ground occupied by buildings and courtyard, and even up to 0.5 hectares land needed for the maintenance of buildings and premises. Simultaneously with the transfer of land ownership in the former landowners or their heirs free of charge is transferred to the ownership of the local drainage system and other elements of the structure.
If the former land owners or their heirs the land or part of nature can not give up, they have a right to receive property of equivalent land in other places or compensation.
If the former land owner in accordance with the law «On land reform in rural areas of the Republic of Latvia "has not received the land in use, but has agreed with some of my relatives (potential heirs) that this relative distributes land use rights, then the current land user, based on the agreement concluded in any form, also get the rights to land property rights of former owners restore location. Your written consent for the former land owner may personally submit to the relevant people's Deputy Council or send it a message that his notarized signature authenticity.
If the former land owner requested a refund, under the current user property can be assigned only for payment.
If the deceased landowner grade the following closest downstream heir (son, daughter) is not submitted by the deadline of land property rights renewal request or demand for compensation, land ownership be transferred free of charge to any heir, if the land granted him the use of the property or to request in the manner set out in this law.
If the land is inheritable logged on both the land user and another former landowner after the immediate downstream of the degree, the heirs all have equal inheritance rights and land ownership free of charge to the user gets only the land portion of your succession.
All land property rights restoration cases, inheritance duty is not charged.»
3. Make the text of article 7 by the following: «legal persons having land allocated for use in accordance with the law «On land reform in rural areas of the Republic of Latvia ", save the land use rights for up to five years if, in accordance with article 6 of this law to the land ownership rights restored its former owners or their heirs. The politically repressed persons land property rights renewal request in cases where legal persons retain the land use rights to one year after the politically repressed persons land property rights renewal request submission, except a lease granted land to 0.5 hectares each personal palīgsaimniecīb.
Legal persons are obliged to pay the ground rent to the owner, whose maximum size and payment order is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
4. Make the text of article 9 as follows: «If the law of the land the former land owners or their heirs have not been granted, but only reserved their land property rights are restored, saving users the land land use rights, but no more than termiņpieprasījum time. Land users pay a ground rent to the owner in accordance with article 7 of this law.

If the former land owners or their heirs to those seeking to use the reserved land before the requested date, then the first paragraph of this article the land user (the lessee) of land use (rental) the right to remain until the land use expiry time. In cases where land leased out for personal palīgsaimniecīb, land lease can be extended up to the end of the termiņpieprasījum the Earth. The politically repressed persons land property rights renewal request to apply the first subparagraph of article 7.»
5. Express article 10 by the following: ' article 10. Land, buildings and orchards (trees) pre-emption former land owners or their heirs (if they have not received their land instead of an equivalent piece of land or compensation), including those who are registered in a separate land demand unsatisfied, is a pre-emptive rights to acquire buildings and orchards (trees). The same pre-emptive right is building and the fruit garden (wood), if the owner sells the land. If that person is not able to use pre-emptive right to the seller's fault, they have redemption rights.»
6. Replace 11, 16 and 19, the words «Article Supreme Council of rural land Commission» with the words «Central Land Commission».
7. Turn off article 12 the word «paid».
8. Replace article 14, first paragraph, the words «for the purchase price of rye» with the words «Cabinet for the stated price of rye».
9. Replace the 17, 18, 19 and 25 of the words «of the Republic of Latvia to the Council of Ministers (the corresponding fold)» with the words «cabinet» (in the fold).
10. Express article 21 as follows: «article 21. Land ownership request examination of parish Land Commission shall examine the request for land and prepare proposals to the people's Deputy of the Parish Council, adding the land-use planning service. People's Deputy of the Parish Council on the ground of receipt of the proposal from the Commission, shall decide on the former landowner's land rights or the granting of land in the possession of the applicant, or of withdrawal. People's Deputy of the Parish Council of land property right of renewal or land allocation decision making rights can be delegated to the County Executive Board.
People's Deputy of the Parish Council's decision on the refusal to renew the former land owner's rights, as well as the refusal to grant the applicant's ownership of the land may appeal to the Court.
If the first paragraph of this article of the institution within six months of receipt of the article 20 of the documents provided for in the second paragraph, have not dealt with the former land owner or his heirs and the demand to restore property rights to land, the applicants are entitled to claim property rights restoration in court.
The Central Land Commission has jurisdiction to deal with the former land owner or their heirs requests and make decisions: 1) for amendment of border land use before the land reform (before 20 June 1990) established farms in the following cases:-If the former land owner or his heirs the requested land granted for use on the farm before the land reform, their-owned buildings and structures but not in the current land user-owned buildings and structures;
-If, before the land reform of the farm created in use are politically repressed or their heirs of the first class required forest;
2) on setting up holding a backyard political repressions or their heirs-first class, who, on 20 June 1991 the regained ownership of the buildings.»
11. Express article 24, pifm of the following: «the State's pre-emption on land that is sold in the course of privatisation, if these rights are not used in article 10 of this law.»
12. To supplement the law with the new article 26 the following: 26. Government fees in the course of privatisation of land, land of the Person in the course of privatisation contracts and other legal transactions related to the former land ownership they implement restoration or land-acquisition of property for the payment are exempt from payment of State fees.»
The law shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation.
The law adopted by the Parliament in 1993, 16 December President g. Ulmanis in Riga 1993 December 29.