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Parliament: Unsettled Restituents May Now Get Money Instead of Lands
Wednesday 03 March 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, March 3 (TASR) - Slovak Land Fund (SPF) will be allowed to offer money as a substitute to those restituents who don't accept alternative lands offered by SPF. This is according to an amendment to the Act on Land Ownership Rights passed in Parliament on Wednesday.
According to the new rules, restituents will have the right to suggest which alternative land they should receive as a substitute for their former properties to which they claim their ownership rights. The suggestion - as to where the alternative lands should be located - has to be delivered to SPF at least five days prior to the date that the Fund it set to deal with the case.
The amendment also specifies the range of lands that cannot be distributed as alternative lands, and SPF will therefore not be allowed to use these lands as a substitute. According to Prime Minister Robert Fico, commenting on the issue recently, the lands belonging to this "not-to-give-out" category will be those of strategic importance to the state.
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