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Empower Texas offers up a smorgasbord of eminent domain abuses by Tarrant Regional Water Board. The list:
One eminent domain bill is becoming a media darling: HB 565 by Burkett. The bill revokes eminent domain authority from a private toll company.
Here’s why Burkett says it is important:
Posted in2015 legislation, activism, fairness, infrastructure building, pipelines/common carriers, private company, private property rights
Eminent domain protests occur across the U.S.: Surfing is to Californians like guns are to Texans. You don’t mess with it. A California billionaire tried to block surfers from accessing killer waves off the coast of San Mateo County. It set off a fight. The Californai Legislature, Courts, and now the California Lands Commission have all attempted to settle the disupted beach access. The California Lands Commission is mulling over using eminent domain to seize the surfer paradise from the billionaire. In 77 years, the C… The toll road by a private corporation all but dead, this bill is hailed as the final nail in the coffin. The Texas Turnpike Corporation is the only private toll road authority in the state, having authority through a grandfather provision. Texas Tribune Previously On Information Intelligence: The Bill Filing In 2014, a private tollroad corporation proposed new toll roa… A multi-million dollar courtroom drama over land value for the Sacramento Kings new stadium is brewing. Land values are differing by $25 Million : If the $25 Million gap in valuations wasn’t enough- the eminent domain process is further complicated by CALPERS being an investor in a segment of land. CALPERs values its land at $12.5 Million. <... What does the North Carolina Tea Party Backed, Bipartisan Supported, Constitutional Amendment do? It has passed the NC House for 3 sessions, but stumbles with a 3/5ths rule in the NC Senate.
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Texas Central Railway has clarified its website regarding eminent domain. The clarification was picked up by the Dallas Business Journal. Texas Central Railway (TCR) stresses that eminent domain is a last resort after all voluntary options are exhausted. TCR further offers this message on private property rights: “The project is committed to resp… Massachusetts State Rep. Stephen Kulik, D-Worthington filed HD 3168 would require: Supporters Say: “The idea is to reimburse people for the taking, because eminent domain is for the public good, not private profit. It’s one thing if it’s for domestic use, and another… In an effort to keep utilities off private lands for surveying, bills in Virginia look to reign in the ability to survey within eminent domain powers. Democrats are lining up to defend the utilities right to access private lands. Republicans are lining up on the other side. Republicans also want utilities with eminent domain authority subject to open records. Watchdog.org Information Intelligen…Eminent Domain is Like Broccoli Cupcakes; Yuck. City Councils Vote Against It. Willie Sings in Opposition.
Seizing a Billionaire Owned Land to Ensure Surfing Lives
Update: HB 565 Revoking Eminent Domain Authority
A Stadium Fit for Kings. Multi-Million Dollar Drama Fit for the Courts
Lege Trend: Tea Party & Bipartisan Support for Eminent Domain Constitutional Amendment
Positive Eminent Domain Messaging from Texas Central Railway
Lege Trend: Royalties to Landowner for Pipeline Easement
Bills Target Utilities.