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INTERIM. Precondemnation Access. Eminent Domain. The Attorney General Opinion to Answer it All.

The Requestor: Chairman Byron Cook initiated RQ- 0113-KP about Texas Central Rail

The Questions asked of the Attorney General:Do the parties have eminent domain authority to condemn property for Texas High Speed Rail?

The Facts and Statutes key to whether Texas Central Rail has eminent domain power:

  • surveyors have been requesting pre-condemnation access to land to survey for the purpose ofplanning, building, maintaining and operating an electric rail road.
  • pre-condemnation access can…

State Prohibits Eminent Domain by Private Entities. 3 Key Points about the Committee that may Revive Eminent Domain.

Which state legislature has formed a Pipeline study group to recommend eminent domain reform? Georgia in coordination with its year long prohibition on eminent domain by pipelines

What is required of the 13 members of the Pipeline Study Group?

  • Between June- December hold up to 5 hearings
  • Issue a report by December 31, 2016
  • Examine whether petro-pipelines eminent domain powers are:
    • prudently exercised
    • responsibly conducted
    • consistent with the state’s essential public interest

Who…

TREND. No Eminent Domain for Pipelines. 4 Points from the Washington Post.

Lots of dollars going into pipeline investment.

  • U.S. has the largest netowrk of pipelines.  more than 2.5 million miles of pipes
  • High Annual Investment. American petroluem Institute says average annual investment will be above $80 billion until 2020

This issue unites Rs and Ds.  Liberal enviromentalists join with libertarian leaning propety rights advocates

Its made an impact:

  • 2 states, SC and GA, have passed prohibitions on pipelines using eminent domains
  • Multiple courts have sided…

#1 Reason. Land Owner Says No to Vista Ridge Offer.

Is eminent domain on the table for the Vista Ridge Pipeline connecting to San Antonio Water System? YES

What does SAWS predict as a reason to say No to a Vista Ridge purchase offer? Rural lands that have been in a family for generations.

What does a landowner in the path of Vista Ridge say is his concern and reason he opposes Vista Ridge? His land’s water well drops. The background:

  • This property owner’s water well dropped 17 feet when Blue Water, a member of the Vista Ridge…

Private Property Rights. Drones Overhead. 3 Arguments For Allowing Drones on Private Property.

  • Curtailing drone use kills innovation
  • Existing legal recourse for the privacy violations touted by drone legislation supporters
  • Keep off my lawn is not governing when  the future of our delivery infrastructure is at stake

The Wall Street Journal | Should You Be Allowed to Prevent Drones From Flying Over Your Property?

The Texas Congressman. Eminent Domain. High Speed Rail.

Which Texas Congressman wrote to the Surface Transportation Board about opposing high speed rail in Texas? Congressman Brady

What is Congressman Brady’s opposition to high speed rail in Texas? 

  • Congressman Brady opposes accelerated use of eminent domain or construction
  • Congressman Brady says the route is wrong
  • Congressman Brady opposes financial loans for high speed rail from the federal government

What is Congressman Brady’s opposition to the high speed rail route? 

  • The route…

Apple meets Rapid Transit and Eminent Domain. The Big Dog is Apple. Eminent Domain Role Reversal.

What transportation project may impact Apple facilities? Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) wants to connect San Francisco to San Jose by adding BART down the penninsula.

An Apple facility is part of the plan? Yes, an Apple facility is planend to be used for construction and may be a transit hub.

How is eminent domain playing? Officials are concerned that eminent domain will be expensive as Apple has spent millions on upgrades to the facility

Business Insider | A secret Apple warehouse is…

UPDATE from High Speed Rail. Feds to Answer whether High Speed Rail must follow Texas Eminent Domain Laws?

Update: High Speed Rail replies to Ennis County:

  • Texas Central” does not seek to remove protections afforded to landowners under Texas law”
  • Texas Central Surface transportation Request … “does not change or override any state landowner protections.”

Ennis Daily News | HSR rebuffs claims

 

May 8, 2016, Informed Intel:

The Ellis County Press published an Op-Ed from Texans Against High Speed Rail.

What points does Texans Against High Speed Rail make in its Op-Ed?

  • Texas Central…