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The anatomy of reservoir building in Florida:
The reservoir project: a massive 60,000-acre shallow reservoir to stop dirty water in Lake Okeechobee from polluting the coasts and revive South Florida’s wilting marshes
The opposition: Sugar farmers who refused to sell
The legislative action: Deny the use of eminent domain to complete the reservoir
Miami Herald | Vast reservoir is key to state Everglades plan. Federal concerns could derail it.
Why do mountain states allow for private condemnation for natural resources? to encourage natural resource development
How is the private condemnation used in arid regions?
What is private condemnation? It allows landowners the unique ability to condemn another landowner’s property to acquire a right-of-way to construct “ditches, canals and flumes for the purpose of conveying water for domestic purposes,” and for irrigation, mining, manufacturing and drainage, “upon payment of just compensation,”
Which states allow for private condemnation?
State: Pennsylvania
Legislation: HB 2468 (2018 | PA)
How does HB 2468 (2018 | PA) make it harder to use eminent domain on open space?
Author’s Press Release on HB 2568 (2018 | PA)
Main Line Times | Kampf proposes law to make use of eminent domain on open space land more difficult
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
State: Missouri
The Missouri short term rental local ordinance premption bill: HB 2569 (MO | 2018)
What would HB 2569 (MO | 2018) do?
What do opponents say?
The Campaign: Congressional Candidates for 2nd Congressional District in Tennessee
The Eminent Domain Issue: When the Tennessee Valley Authority was created, land was taken by eminent domain. Legislative proposals seek to privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The Candidate Responses to Privatization and Eminent Domain