{"id":741,"date":"2017-02-23T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/2017\/02\/23\/5-bills-5-companion-bills-eminent-domain-reform-for-rail-only\/"},"modified":"2017-02-23T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T19:45:00","slug":"5-bills-5-companion-bills-eminent-domain-reform-for-rail-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/5-bills-5-companion-bills-eminent-domain-reform-for-rail-only\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Bills + 5 Companion Bills. Eminent Domain Reform for Rail Only."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A legislator coalition\u00a0joined forces to limit eminent domain for\u00a0high speed rail. Who is involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senators Birdwell,\u00a0Creighton,\u00a0\u00a0Kolkhorst, Perry, &amp; Schwertner<\/li>\n<li>Representatives Ashby, Bell, Cook, Schubert, and Wray\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Which eminent domain issues are being addressed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pre-condementation Access to Property.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=SB973\">SB 973<\/a>\u00a0by Creighton\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=HB2168\">HB 2168<\/a>\u00a0by Bell (Railroad Determination Before Surveys) &#8211; prohibits a high-speed rail entity from entering private property to conduct a survey unless the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) first determines that the surveying entity is, in fact, a railroad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Property Restoration. The Campground Rule.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=SB978\">SB 978<\/a>\u00a0by Schwertner\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=HB2104\">HB 2104<\/a>\u00a0Bell (Property Restoration Bond) &#8211; requires a private high-speed rail entity to file a bond with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) sufficient to restore property used for the rail service to the property&#8217;s original conditions if the service ceases operation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Repurchase.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=SB979\">SB 979<\/a>\u00a0by Schwertner\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=HB2179\">HB 2179<\/a>\u00a0by Cook (Right of Repurchase for Non-HSR Use) &#8211; prohibits an entity that operates or plans to operate a high-speed rail from using property acquired for purposes other than high-speed rail. If the high-speed rail authority doesn&#8217;t use the property for that specific purpose, the original landowner must be given opportunity to repurchase the land.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No state right of way purchasing.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=SB980\">SB 980<\/a>\u00a0by Schwertner\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=HB2167\">HB 2167<\/a>\u00a0by Schubert (Put Texas First) &#8211; prohibits any state money from being used for any purpose related to a privately owned high-speed rail, unless the state acquires and maintains a lien in order to secure the repayment of state funds. Requires that the state&#8217;s lien be superior to all other liens, effectively making Texas a priority creditor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=SB981\">\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Public Use.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=SB982\">SB 982<\/a>\u00a0by Perry\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=HB2173\">HB 2173<\/a>\u00a0by Ashby (High-Speed Rail Feasibility Study) &#8211; upon request of a legislator, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) must generate a feasibility study of a proposed high-speed rail project. The study must indicate whether the project is for a public use, whether it will be financially viable, and what impact of the project will have on local communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.state.tx.us\/news\/press-releases\/?id=6125\">Press Release |\u00a0Lawmakers Take Action to Derail Bullet Train between Dallas and Houston<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/houston-texas\/texas\/article\/Lawmakers-rain-down-anti-rail-bills-10948520.php\">Houston Chronicle |\u00a0Texas lawmakers move to stymie high-speed rail project<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.khou.com\/news\/local\/texas-lawmakers-lobby-to-derail-proposed-high-speed-train\/411899887\">KHOU |\u00a0Texas lawmakers lobby to derail proposed high-speed train<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A legislator coalition\u00a0joined forces to limit eminent domain for\u00a0high speed rail. Who is involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senators Birdwell,\u00a0Creighton,\u00a0\u00a0Kolkhorst, Perry, &amp; Schwertner<\/li>\n<li>Representatives Ashby, Bell, Cook, Schubert, and Wray\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Which eminent domain issues are being addressed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pre-condementation Access to Property.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=SB973\">SB 973<\/a>\u00a0by Creighton\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.state.tx.us\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&amp;Bill=HB2168\">HB 2168<\/a>\u00a0by Bell (Railroad Determination Before Surveys) &#8211; prohibits a high-speed rail entity from entering private property to conduct a survey unless the Texas Department\u2026<\/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":[47,9,14,3,28,2,20,38,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-legislation","category-compensation","category-legislation-trend","category-pre-condemnation-access","category-private-company","category-private-property-rights","category-process-procedure","category-public-use-or-benefit","category-railways","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741","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=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/eminentdomain\/wp-eminentdomain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}