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Lege TREND. Compensation Calculation Built on Rebuilding. New. Interesting.

Alabama’s HB 38 (2019 | AL) would define compensation for eminent domain purposes as:

“wholly reconstruct the existing property as it exists” at the time it is valued by an assessor.”

AL.COM | Mobile launches a ‘game changer’ with inaugural departure from Downtown airport

Lege TREN. 2 Reasons Texas Eminent Domain will Increase Energy Costs

The Consumer Energy Alliance says SB 421 (2019 | TX) could increase energy costs by:

Pipelines will cost more to build
The increased cost of pipelines, and delays in building pipelines, will raise feul costs

San Antonio Express News | SB 421 may cause spike in energy costs

Local TREND. Ordinance to ban long term camping on your own land. Where. What. Why.

Where: Teller County, CO

What: Would limit property owners to 60 days of camping on their land

Why: Limit homeless encampments

KOAA News 5 | New ordinance to prevent long-term camping in Teller County

Property Rights. Mobile Homes.

A Utah based company purchased multiple mobile home parks in Iowa, which is spuring this legislative idea in Iowa:

require 180 days’ notice of rent increases for mobile homes
give Iowa’s attorney general more authority to investigate complaints about mobile home park abuses
“good cause” for any evictions fro mobile home parks

Iowa Public Radio | Lawmakers Seek New Protections For Iowa Mobile Home Park Residents

TREND. 3 Reasons Supporting Banning Eminent Domain by Private Entities (Transmission Lines)

Who is saying this? Columbia Missourian Editorial Board & Kansas City Star Editorial Board

What reasons do they give to support the legislation that denies eminent domain to private transmission line entities?

companies “should negotiate fair agreements with property owners”
comapnies should not use the “threat of condemnation to browbeat property owners into accepting low-cost deals.”
eminent domain is for governments and should be used sparingly

MISSOURIAN | EDITORIAL: Lawmakers are right…

Private Property Rights. NEW legislative frontier: Your front yard. What can you do with it?

In Florida, HB 145 (2019 | FL) wants to allow you to grow veggies in your front yard.

Does the bill preempt local ordinances? yes, yes it does.

Florida Politics | There will be beets: Veggie garden bill headed to House floor

Lege TREND. Eminent Domain Comes with Higher Legal Liability for Using it

Recall all the headlines about California utilities going bankrupt because of liability for the wildfires? The liability is high because the utilities have strict liability

So legal mumbo jumbo, strict liability, aside the California utilities have strict liability because they have the power of eminent domain.

Why the strict liability tied to eminent domain? The policy idea is that if the companies have the power to take a person’s land they should be liable for the harm that is caused…