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2004 SESSION

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SB 301 Eminent domain; condemned property be put to use within 10 years, exception.

Introduced by: Jay O'Brien | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Eminent domain. Requires that property be put to the public use for which it was condemned within 10 years and that if it is not, it will be offered for sale to the person who owned it at the time of condemnation before being publicly auctioned. There are exceptions for property acquired by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and for situations where the failure to put the property to public use is for reasons beyond the reasonable control of the condemnor.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047620784  pdf
• 02/09/04  Senate: Printed as engrossed 047620784-E  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 047620784
• 01/14/04  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/04/04  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amds (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/04  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/04  Senate: Read second time
• 02/09/04  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/09/04  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/09/04  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB301E
• 02/09/04  Senate: Printed as engrossed 047620784-E
• 02/10/04  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/04  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/12/04  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/12/04  House: Read first time
• 02/12/04  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 03/03/04  House: Continued to 2005 in Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)