Which state legislature has formed a Pipeline study group to recommend eminent domain reform? Georgia in coordination with its year long prohibition on eminent domain by pipelines
What is required of the 13 members of the Pipeline Study Group?
- Between June- December hold up to 5 hearings
- Issue a report by December 31, 2016
- Examine whether petro-pipelines eminent domain powers are:
- prudently exercised
- responsibly conducted
- consistent with the state’s essential public interest
Who sits on the pipeline study commission?
- 3 Senators
- 3 State Representatives
- The director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources or his or her designee
- The commissioner of community affairs or his or her designee;
- 5 Governor appointees, including:
- 1 member representing the petroleum industry
- 4 members representing a cross-section of the interests of local government, business, agriculture, and conservation.
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