Even in the first years of Independence, individuals were given preferential conditions to buy out garden plots from the state. The absolute majority of people arranged the necessary documents, and these plots became their property.
However, according to data from the Centre of Registers, about 891 state-owned land plots are registered in garden associations, of which there are 1357 in Lithuania. These plots do not belong to natural persons or the gardening associations themselves by right of ownership.
According to the currently valid legal regulation, state-owned land plots or parts thereof located in the territories of gardening associations can only be transferred to the gardening association or its members. The National Land Service inherits and takes over the management of land plots without buildings on behalf of the state. These plots cannot be privatized, and the state cannot continue to be responsible for the administration of such land plots, as it is detrimental to the state budget.
The amendments to the laws propose that unprivatized or state-inherited unused state-owned land plots or parts thereof located in gardening associations could be sold by auction.
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The changes are also relevant to those residents who have not yet arranged the documents for the garden plots they use. The amendments to the law propose setting a deadline for concluding land lease or purchase agreements and legalizing their rights to the used plots.
After the deadline set in the Law on Gardening Associations, state-owned garden plots located in the amateur garden territory and state-owned land areas located in the amateur garden territory, if persons entitled to such rights do not submit requests to purchase or lease these plots, will be assigned to the free state land fund.
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These amendments to the laws will be further considered in the Seimas.
