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Americans for Tax Reform & the ACLU Support California’s SB 443 that protects against abuses of the asset forfeiture system.
What protection is California adding before property can be taken via civil asset forefeiture?
Americans for Tax Reform | Americans for Tax Reform Endorses California’s Property Rights Bill
10th Amendment Center | End the Status Quo on Asset…
What great economic gains does Texas Central Rail points to with high speed rail?
What does Grimes County Judge say about economic benefits and the impact to eminent domain? Irrelevant. “The power of…
What the land owner attorney says about the eminent domain lawsuits for the pipeline to Mexico :
News West 9 | Pipeline company files eminent domain lawsuits against Big Bend landowners
What public project does Dallas want to build? A draingage tunnel project
How long has the family lived on the land? 60+ years
What does the property owner say? Can she buy another piece of similar property to live? She says, no, she can’t. In her words: ““My house is paid for — been paid for,” said Freddie Baker, 86. “They’ve got to give me enough money to pay for whatever I want, and I’ve got to live better than I’m living. I ain’t giving away nothing.””
Did the…
Which State Legislature passed this eminent domain ban through its house? Iowa
What does the eminent domain ban mean for transmission lines? to qualify for eminent domain, a transmission line developer would have to:
Is this happening elsewhere? Yes, loyal subscribers will recall the same issues in Missouri and Arkansas with similar results
Utility Dive | Iowa House passes bill to toughen eminent domain…
Friday’s Texas Supreme Court orders included accepting Denbury. They’re back like the Terminator and Poltergiest rolled into one.
Land along the border is largely privately held. To build a wall, private land has to be aquired by the government. Here’s one view:
Land transfered by the King of Spain was aquired to build the current partial border wall? Yes, land that had been held by the same family since the initital land grant from the King of Spain in 1767.
Surely the feds own some of the border lands? Yes, about 33% of the land is either federal or tribal lands
Where is most of the 67% of private land? TEXAS
Which texas companies were certified under the new drone certification system in Texas? HUVRdata (Austin) & Aviation Unmanned (Addison)
What entity does the drone certification? Texas A&M University System via its Corpus Christi campus and its engineering extension service
How is industry using drones? wind-power, oil and gas and transportation industries to provide aerial inspections and mapping, and for port and border security and coastline monitoring
Which pipeline was scrapped citing legislative reasons? The Palmetto Pipeline set to run through South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
What caught the attention of the legislators and regulators? Whether a pipeline that traverses a state, without providing product to that state, can give the state a public benefit.
What was the action by the states on a legislative and regulatory level? Permits were denied & legislators paused the use of eminent domain by private entities so that the…
How to end low ball offers by Texas A&M Real Estate Center: make condemning entities pay attorney fees if the court award is x% higher than the initial offer.
Why make condemning entities pay legal fees?
Dallas Morning News | Here’s how to end ‘lowballing’ in eminent domain property…