{"id":442,"date":"2016-01-10T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/2016\/01\/10\/comptroller-touts-eminent-domain-database-5-points-to-know-now-fine-likely-to-increase\/"},"modified":"2016-01-10T19:28:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T19:28:00","slug":"comptroller-touts-eminent-domain-database-5-points-to-know-now-fine-likely-to-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/comptroller-touts-eminent-domain-database-5-points-to-know-now-fine-likely-to-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Comptroller Touts Eminent Domain Database. 5 Points to Know Now. Fine Likely to Increase."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Comptroller sympathizes with land owners<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u200b<\/strong>&#8220;With 94 percent of Texas lands held privately, our citizens naturally feel a deep connection with the land they own. I\u2019m one of them, farming land that\u2019s been in my family since the mid-19th century.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Minimal use of eminent domain<\/strong>\u00a0passes muster with the Comptroller.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Most flagrant eminent domain abuse<\/strong>. The Bureau of Land Management&#8217;s seizure of farm lands on the border with Oklahoma.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transparency key to eminent domain.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The $2,000 fine for not registering eminent domain power is too low.<\/strong>\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The database is a good start, but it\u2019s only a start. Right now, the law only calls for up to a $2,000 civil penalty against entities that don\u2019t provide us with their information \u2014 which is not likely to intimidate entities willing to abuse their power.\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in this issue, I urge you to contact your state and local leaders and let them know where you stand. Our right to own and use private property as we see fit is the most basic freedom our nation provides \u2014 and it\u2019s up to us to make sure we keep it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/m.mysanantonio.com\/opinion\/commentary\/article\/State-database-will-identify-eminent-domain-6746476.php\">San Antonio Express News | Comptroller Hegar |\u00a0State database will identify eminent domain authorities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Comptroller sympathizes with land owners<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u200b<\/strong>&#8220;With 94 percent of Texas lands held privately, our citizens naturally feel a deep connection with the land they own. I\u2019m one of them, farming land that\u2019s been in my family since the mid-19th century.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Minimal use of eminent domain<\/strong>\u00a0passes muster with the Comptroller.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Most flagrant eminent domain abuse<\/strong>. The Bureau of Land Management&#8217;s seizure of farm lands on the border with Oklahoma.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transparency key to eminent domain.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The $2,000 fine&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,14,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2015-legislation","category-legislation-trend","category-public-use-or-benefit","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}