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2005 SESSION
HB 826 Eminent domain; procedure for acquisition of property by State.
Introduced by: Thelma Drake | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Acquisition of property by Commonwealth; strengthening "Landowner's Bill of Rights." Provides, with respect to acquisition of property by the Commonwealth, that (i) the fair rental property to a short-term occupier is less than that for a long-term occupier; (ii) the state agency seeking to obtain the property shall not introduce a lower appraisal at trial than it initially offers the owner; (iii) any owner whose property is taken pursuant to eminent domain and who recovers at trial more than 15 percent above the value of the condemning authority's initial offer shall receive all reasonable costs and experts' fees, excluding attorneys' fees; (iv) condemnation cases are given priority on the civil docket and (v) after depositing funds into court pursuant to § 33.1-120 or § 25.1-305 and after depositing funds into court after the award of just compensation in a condemnation trial, the condemnor shall prepare an order permitting the owner to withdraw such funds and shall perform all work necessary to prepare and provide such order. This last provision is binding on all condemnors regardless of the statutory authority under which a condemnor proceeds. The bill also strikes the references to "real" preceding the term "property" and eliminates the statement that the statute creates no rights or liabilities and shall not affect the validity of any property acquisitions by purchase or condemnation.
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HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 040522296
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/04 House: Continued to 2005 in Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 12/10/04 House: Left in Courts of Justice