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Lege TREND. Expanding Eminent Domain for this purpose is ok.

Wisconsin SB 65 (2019 | WI) would reverse course and again authorize eminent domain for recreational trails and bike trails.

Florida’s SB 82 (2019 | FL) would prohibit local governments from banning front yard edible gardens.

“Freedom is at stake,” Bradley, the Senate budget chair said.

Why does this matter? Miami Shores that banned vegtable gardens. Its now in the courts.

Add Georgia to the 12 states seeking to allow property rights in small electrical devices. HB 286 (GA | 2019) The Right to Repair.

Provides that once a perons owns something they have the right to have it services, maintained as they see fit, including private mr. fix it shops.

Why does this matter? some electronic items disable third party fixing capabilities.

Where: Texas

Who: Institute for Policy Innovation, 32 year old conservative, free-market policy think tank in Dallas

Why: Testimony concerning SB 421 (TX | 2019) .

What are their 3 reasons to support eminent domain by private entities?

Constitution doesn’t limit eminent domain to the government
Limiting eminent domain to the government leads to bigger government
The private sector has market incentives to treat its customer base better than government

North Dakota’s SB 2344 (2019 |ND) will change how pore space is treated under the law.

What is pore space? The cavernous area beneath the surface that isn’t solid

How is pore space currently treated in North Dakota? It belongs to the surface owner, not the mineral owner

What does SB 2344 do?

changes the definitions for surface ownership to include only solid areas, not cavernous air pockets, or pore space
prohibits a surface owner from seeking compensation for pore space

What industries…

The Texas Farm Bureau poll on eminent domain reform support found:

89% support financial penalties for low offers
80% favor ” bad faith” penalties when offers are less than 1/2 of a property’s value
Party identity produced similar results
” broad consensus” that the process is often unfair

Supporters say:

Opponents say:

Cities should have control
Removes local governments to seek remedies from bad actors
Opponent sinclude: Maine’s Municipal Association, Hospitality Maine, Cottage Connection of Maine, Vacation Rental Professionals of Maine and Maine…

Oregon’s Senate Bill 703 will:

label health data as the patient’s property
require health care companies to obtain signed authorization from individual consumers before de-identifying their data for sale to a third party