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HB 2161 Eminent domain; condemnor is required to provide an appraisal to owner of condemned property.

Introduced by: Salvatore R. Iaquinto | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Eminent domain; procedures. Provides that if a condemnor is required to provide an appraisal to the owner of property sought to be condemned, the condemnor must provide copies of all appraisals that the condemnor obtained prior to making an offer to acquire or initiating negotiations for the property. The bill also makes changes to the procedure for offering to sell condemned property back to the former owner to clarify when such an offer is required to be made and how such an offer is communicated to the former owner. The bill also provides that certain definitions in certain chapters of Title 25.1 (Eminent Domain) apply to the entire title. The provisions of the bill do not apply to the acquisition of real property by a railroad, public service corporation, municipal corporation, local governmental unit, or political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or a combination of two or more such entities, that is (i) the subject of a certificate recorded prior to July 1, 2011, (ii) the subject of a petition for condemnation filed prior to July 1, 2011, or (iii) required to construct a project funded by bonds approved for issuance by a locality prior to July 1, 2011. This bill is identical to SB 1436.


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