Hoosiers Raise Stakes for Eminent Domain by Railroads. Read the Bill. Plan your Offense. Plan your Defense.

The state: Indiana

The new eminent domain threshold proposed for railroads: Require railroads in Indiana to meet the same public use standard of local governmental entities as opposed to public use being met because land is condemned by a railroad.

Indiana House Bill 1260 (2017)

Nothwest Indiana | Lawmakers eye higher standards for railroad use of eminent domain