While Iowa is leading the pack on “No eminent domain for private gain,” Tgexas is moving forward with no eminent domain for private toll roads.
HB 565 is awaiting referral to a Senate Committee. Dallas Morning News
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Support of Eminent Domain in Colleyville TX Draws Mayoral Opponent
A works proposal by Colleyville to add sidewalks, drainage and hiking trails has drawn vocal opposition. A counter referendum, Protect Glade, is on the ballot.
The opposition to Colleyville’s project want the road improvements but want road improvements that are:
- accomplished over a shorter period of time
- at less than half the cost
- without taking private land
- without removing mature trees
City Council is split. The Mayor sup…
Social Media Brings Down Eminent Domain in TX Town.
Flower Mound would like to acquire land to join two “business” thoroughfares. The land owner objected to eminent domain to join businesses & wants to negotiate an easement.
Controversy stirred and generated 400 Facebook & public comments over a weekend, such as: “This is a battle about the heart of Flower Mound.”
City Council pulled the agenda item. The City says it followed the letter of the law and has been negotiating with the land owner.
Posted ineasement, private property rights, roads
Rowlett has a new Sprouts store. People need to get to the new store. Rowlett is considering eminent domain to access to the new location. This translates to acquiring private property to help people get to more private property. What’s the hiccup? <...
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… The Department of Transportation is condemning intangible property by amending it’s rules. Connecticut’s Department of Transportation is condemning bus routes used by private bus companies, because the state has a new bus plan to roll out. The private transportation companies have sued. The bus routes operate with a CCN from the Department of Transportation. The first judge to hear this case said the Dept. of Transportation has proper authority to condemn this intangible p… In 2014, a private tollroad coporation proposed new toll roads in North Texas. Town halls were held. Fire Marshalls shut them down as too many people turned out against new toll roads. City councils in the proposed toll areas passed resolutions opposing the plans to use eminent domain. Toll road opponents and private property rights supporters united. The 2015 Legislature will consider HB 565, which will stop private toll authorities from exercising eminent domain. Want to see the details of an agreement between TXDOT and a private toll company delineating the private toll companies eminent domain authority? The Texas Observer delivers. The Texas Observer also gives us this piece of trivia: “The Texas Turnpike Corporation still has eminent domain powers because it formed one day before the 1991 repeal went into effect.” [TX Observer]… There’s a new WalMart SuperCenter in the works for Longview. But, acquiring the land for access roads to get to the new SuperCenter is challenging. Landowners have not agreed to sell the necessary land to build the access roads. Whether building the roadways to benefit a for profit corporation falls within public use/purpose required for eminent domain will be decided by the courts if eminent domain is used. [
Posted ineconomic development, private company, private property rights, roads
A proposed new toll road in North Texas by the Texas Turnpike Corporation has garnered the attention of activists. Lots of activists. A public forum was shut down by the Fire Marshall. The next public forum included heated and vocal opposition. Last week there was an organized protest by Texas TURF. And now Breitbart, the same organization for which Michael Quinn Sullivan writes, posted in opposition to the toll road. Besides the disdain for toll roads, the proposed North …Eminent Domain, a Retailer, & a Road. Public Use? Public Outcry.
Update: HB 565 Revoking Eminent Domain Authority
Condemning Intangible Property
HB 565: Revoking Eminent Domain Authority
TXDOT agreement with Private Toll Corporation Revealed
Eminent Domain for Access to WalMart in Longview?
Breitbart: No Toll Roads by Texas Turnpike Corporation