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Colorado Secretary of State this week certified Amendment 74 that will:
Valley Courier | Property rights initiative certified for November ballot.
A taking of private land by a private company for a pipeline results in no compensation from royalties, unlike a taking of property for solar or wind energy
Where: Clark Co. Wisconsin
The resolution is in respopnse to: Enbridge Energy Company’s desire to increase oil capacity traveling through their pipeline system
The rational for changing eminent doamin laws for private companies:
CWB Radio | Clark County Board of Supervisors Approves Resolution…
Where: Florida
What’s special about FL cities’ short term rental ordinances? local fines on unlicensed short term rentals are some of the highest in the nation.
How bad has it gotten? Miami Beach paid for a floating billboard accusing short term rental platforms of being cozy with state law makers Miami Herald
What have conservatives done to actively support short term rental platforms?
Michigan’s new hunting rules to combat chronic wasting disease include:
Where: California’s Initiative – Tax Fairness, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018- is gathering signatures for November 2018 ballot
What would the Tax Fairness, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018 require for annexation? Require residents in the land to be annexed to vote
What would the Tax Fairness, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2018 require for a tax on the newly annexed property? Require a 2/3 vote approval for taxation of the newly annexed land
Background:
Campaign TREND.
To support state action for short term rentals, supporters are touting: Arizona’s Private Property Rights Protection Act
Why is Arizona’s Private Property Rights Protection Act so important? It allows land owners to be reminursed when regulations decreate their proeprty values, which with certain common-sense exceptions
The Hill | Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Property rights include the right to rent it out — even if others don’t like it
Local Trend: Local Ride Share Ordinances
Legal Trend: In San Francisco, Financial Institutions are suing over the loan value of the city’s $250,000 taxi medallions which local ride share ordinances diminished the value of the medallions
Lege Trend: Leveling the playing field so that ride share and taxis are regulated equally
ABC 7 San Francisco | Credit union suing San Francisco over ‘worthless’ taxi medallions
The County: Madison County Texas
The high speed rail project: Texas Central Partners’ Dallas to Houston High Speed Rail
What action did Madison County take to block any high speed rail eminent domain use in Texas?