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Private property rights advocates will be laser focused on a report by two economists that shows that taking private property for public use is not economically beneficial.
The economists wrote that there is “a negative relationship between eminent domain and revenue growth.”
Landowners in the path of the Keystone XL pipeline, including those who have entered into easements, raise concerns about how landowners are labeled by condemning entities. The list of what not to say about landowners is:
Unhappy landowners publ…
The Department of Transportation is condemning intangible property by amending it’s rules. Connecticut’s Department of Transportation is condemning bus routes used by private bus companies, because the state has a new bus plan to roll out.
The private transportation companies have sued. The bus routes operate with a CCN from the Department of Transportation.
The first judge to hear this case said the Dept. of Transportation has proper authority to condemn this intangible p…
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association provided No Texas High Speed Rail it’s policy on eminent domain. TSCRA eminent domain policy is:
Eminent Domain Fairness
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the exercise of eminent domain powers is a valid governmental function; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that…
In the perennial battle of how to simultaneously support landowners and economic prosperity, VT Governor supports a pipeline but goes to bat for landowners. The Governor asked the pipeline company to pause eminent domain legal proceedings and allow for negotiations.
Landowners want to be reimbursed for legal expenses they have incurred. The pipeline company initially said no, but now it says it is “definitely willing to consider reimbursement for legal expenses.”
Posted ineasement, pipelines/common carriers, private company, private property rights
In 2014, a private tollroad coporation proposed new toll roads in North Texas. Town halls were held. Fire Marshalls shut them down as too many people turned out against new toll roads. City councils in the proposed toll areas passed resolutions opposing the plans to use eminent domain. Toll road opponents and private property rights supporters united. The 2015 Legislature will consider HB 565, which will stop private toll authorities from exercising eminent domain. 6 years of litigation and we might see the first jury trial. Here’s what happened: New York prohibits fracking. Mineral rights owners and companies with existing leases may file suit claiming that the fracking prohibition is tantamount to the state government taking their private property. Austin Business Journal lists eminent domain, especially in relation to pipelines, as a must watch legislative issue for 2015. Information Intelligence subscribers know that the hot legislative topicis broader. It’s any private company that has the power of eminent domain that triggers higher & hotter legislative scrutiny. This includes private toll authorities, transmissions lines, and pipelines at a minimum.
Posted in2015 legislation, private company, private property rights
The Green Bay Packers are the only professional franchise to be municipally owned. Municipal acquisition of sports franchises is not an entirely new concept, Oakland considered eminent domain when the Raiders attempted to leave. According to Stanford economist, Roger Noll, “whether eminent domain would work probably varies from state to state and from judge to judge.” Even the threat of eminent domain could have an impact on professional sport franchise ownership …HB 565: Revoking Eminent Domain Authority
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