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Illinois House Bill 4150 accomplishes two goals:
If a private entity is involved in the project the following 6 steps must occur:
A real estate broker in Michigan penned an op-ed supporting Michigan’s HB 4503 & SB 329 that prempt local ordiannces and home owner associagtion rules regarding short term rentals.
The 2 bills provide for local control over noise, traffic, advertising and other conditions.
The real estate broker support for these bills:
NYC Department of Environmental Protection has recommended a plan to pay private proeprty owners to go green.
How would this work?
NRDC | Paying Private Property Owners in NYC to “Go Green”
In Missouri, the Missouri Supreme Court upheld an appellate ruling that effectively stopped a transmission line plan.
How could the court do this? In Missouri to build a transmission line, the state agency must have input from the counties. Why? Because state law says counties must determine whether a proposed project meets engineering & safety guidelines.
6 of the 8 counties said no to the transmission project. The project backers had asked the MO Supreme Court to not require the county…
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Wisconsin in a property rights case last week. Property irghts activists are hanging their hats on the liberal majority in this opinion.
Murr’s property right sissue isn’t as clear cut as Kelo’s- should the house be taken. Murr owned multiple parcels of land and wanted to sell one parcel to build a cabin.
Standing in the way of the Murr’s cabin dream is a Wisconsin law that barred the sale because conservation rules treat the two lots as a single property…
South Dakota Governor called a special session to “create a set of rules for outdoor enthusiasts who want to use lakes on private land in South Dakota for recreation”
The special session is in direct response to a State Supreme Court ruling that denied access to lakes from private property.
Refreshing our recollection from march 22, 2017 informed:intel Legal Trend: Are all Waterways Open to the Public? No, not up north.
The water project: a depper reservoir south of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee
Earlier versions included the specter of eminnt domain but final version removed eminent domain from the equation and spared privately owned farm land.
BPR BIZPAC review | Florida business leaders played key roles in Legislative Session
SB 965 (2017) by Zaffirni would:
House Sponsor: Cyrier
State: Florida
Legislative Fix:
The Eminent Domain issue:
Florida Politics | Senate approves plan to fix Lake Okeechobee, end algae invasions
The Court: South Dakota Supreme Court
What issue was the court trying to address: Whether all water was accessible to the public if it could be reached without trespassing on private land?
What did the Court say?