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Kentucky is wiring the state for internet with the aptly names- KentuckyWired project.
To wire bluegrass country, the state Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA)is overseeing the public private investment.
What eminent domain rumors are swirling in the bluegrass? That homes are being taken away.
How did Kentuckywired respond:
A Virginia House of Delegates candidate has phrased her opposition to eminent domain as:
“protect individual property rights from eminent domain when it is to be used to benefit private corporations rather than the public.”
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An attorney colum in the Huntsville Item raises these concerns about the notice procedures for eminent domain in Texas:
The column points to condeming entities bewing pipelines, transmission lines or local governments.
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
The Ruling: to be able to receive the power of eminent domain in Illinois, a utility must own real property, and the transmission line companies at issue do not own real property in Illinois.
Is there a way for the project to move forward: Yes, if the comapnies move forward as private companies without the power of eminent domain
Missouri’s Western District Court of Appeals held that all counties along the Grain Belt Express, wind transmission line, must approve the project.
Appeal of this ruling has been declined by the state supreme court.
Missouri’s Public Service Commission relied on this ruling to deny approval until all counties sign off on the plan & it is said to impact other transmission lines and Pipelines.
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The Wilson Times (Wilson, N.C.) likens eminent domain by a private corporation to trying to buy heirloom tomatoes at a grocer by tossing some coins on the floor.
The Wilson Times sets out these 3 reasons opposing eminenbt domain by private companies:
The Missouri 2017 Bills: H.B. 640 and H.B. 795
What the bills do:
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What supporters say: “protects our property rights from those who would steal our land for their own profit.”
How does the bill apply? It applies to all condeming entities BUT only to agricultural land.
The State: Pennsylvania
The eminent domain prohibition: no eminent domain for private enterprise, even if there is a public use
The pipeline project: An interstate liquid natural gas pipeline is subject to federal law that allows for eminent domain even when state law prohibits it
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SB 742 by Kolhorst. Relating to requirements for a bona fide offer for the acquisition of property by an entity with eminent domain authority.