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South Carolina’s 2016 legislative session and eminent domain reform is on the list.
What group is targeting eminent domain by private entities? The Republican Caucus for the South Carolina House.
What reforms do South Carolina Republicans want?
What’s this eminent domain case about? New York’s Rockland County Sewer District No. 1 needs to build a new wastewater treatment facility & sought to acquire 21 acres.
What did the court decide? The property is worth $8,100,000 plus $4,762,187 interest, a total of $12,877,061. PLUS, the court awarded $$3,375,000 in legal and appraisal fees.
What did the sewer district estimate the cost of the project to be? $72 Million. After this court case, the project estiamte is $181…
What’s Hess Triangle? A triangular piece of property that is 25.5 inches by 27.5 inches by 27.5 inches.
What? How can this two foot triangle exist as private property in NYC? Go to corner of Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street and you’ll see it
How did this small piece of property emerge from an eminent domain fight? In 1910, NYC was extending the Seventh Avenue Subway Line. A property owner named Hess owned a 5 story building in the path of the new subway extension.
What did the…
Where is the private property rights group forming? Mt. Airy North Carolina
What type of project sparked the group’s formation? A local redevelopment plan
What’s the group’s goal? To remove private property from the local redevelopment plan
Why? The local government’s plan to redevelop land that it holds, expanded to include private property of a former city council candidate
What concerns about eminent domain does the group have?
State Rep. Grassley, grandson to US Senator Grassley, has 2 points to make to a clean energy line that wants to use eminent domain in Iowa:
In South Carolina Trump shared his opinion of Supreme Court Justices. In short:
Reason took the opportunity to point a slew of inconsistencies:
Civil Asset Forfeiture generates more than $1 million in revenue per year for The City of Albuquerque.
Is this $1 Million tied to convicted criminals? No. There were no criminal convictions for any of the affected property owners.
What does Albuquerque use the funding for? It pays the salaries of the people seizing the property.
How did the program in Albuquerque go awry? A city attorney publicly referred to asset forefeiture as a ““gold mine” and property seized through civil…
A state constitution guarantees attorney fees in eminent domain? Yes, the Florida constitution does.
What’s the goal behind this provision? A landowner should not be placed in a worse position after eminent domain
Can this provision go awry? Some Florida attorneys believe so.
What loophole exists for constitutional protection for attorney fees in eminent domain proceedings? When a condemning entity does not play fair and forces needless and endless litigation. The Florida courts…
The Feds are using eminent domain? Where? The EPA supports condemning 87 pieces of city owned property in Margate, New Jersey as part of Governor Christi’s Dune Protection Plan.
Any fireworks from Governor Christi? Yes, he called the city “selfish” for opposing his state beach protection plan
How do the Feds tie into this? Funding for the beach protection is coming from the $3.5 billion Hurricane Sandy aid bill
Utilities are targeting private property owners pipes to:
Why are utilities targeting the pipes that are out of their control?
What programs have…