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2006 SESSION

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HB 132 Eminent domain; jury to determine just compensation.

Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Eminent domain; determining just compensation.  Removes the option of the landowner to choose commissioners to hear an eminent domain case. Only jurors or the court shall be permitted to hear such a matter.  All of the jurors in an eminent domain proceeding are required to be freeholders in the jurisdiction of the land in question.  Additionally, from of an original panel of 13 jurors, each party will be granted four preemptory strikes. 

FULL TEXT

• 12/28/05  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 064167276  pdf
• 02/07/06  House: Committee substitute printed 062871276-H1  pdf
• 03/01/06  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB132ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/12/06  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586)  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/28/05  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 064167276
• 12/28/05  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/18/06  House: Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Civil Law
• 02/06/06  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 8-N)
• 02/07/06  House: Committee substitute printed 062871276-H1
• 02/08/06  House: Read first time
• 02/09/06  House: Read second time
• 02/09/06  House: Committee substitute agreed to 062871276-H1
• 02/09/06  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB132H1
• 02/10/06  House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 45-N)
• 02/10/06  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (53-Y 45-N)
• 02/10/06  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/13/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/06  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/20/06  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N)
• 02/21/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/06  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/06  Senate: Read third time
• 02/22/06  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/23/06  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/06  Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
• 02/23/06  Senate: VOTE: (37-Y 3-N)
• 02/28/06  House: Enrolled
• 03/01/06  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB132ER)
• 03/01/06  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/02/06  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/05/06  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 586 (effective 7/1/06)
• 04/12/06  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0586)