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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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SB 1260 Transportation purposes; entry onto land for inspection.

Introduced by: John J. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Entry onto land for inspection. Requires that for any project wherein the power of eminent domain may be exercised, any locality or the Commissioner of Highways shall provide a landowner with a request to enter and inspect property at least 30 days in advance. The request must be on official letterhead and shall notify the landowner that even if permission is withheld, the locality or the Commissioner of Highways will be permitted to enter the property on the proposed date. Current law requires the locality or the Commissioner of Highways to send a request to enter and inspect the property and, if written permission is not received within 15 days, a subsequent notice of intent to enter with the date on which the locality or the Commissioner of Highways will be entering the property.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/21  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101431D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/28/21  Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103931D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1260ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/11/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0060)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• House amendments adopted
• House amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 01/11/21  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101431D
• 01/11/21  Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 01/28/21  Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/21  Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103931D-S1
• 02/01/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/21  Senate: Read second time
• 02/02/21  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/02/21  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103931D-S1
• 02/02/21  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1260S1
• 02/02/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/21  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/21  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/05/21  House: Read first time
• 02/05/21  House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 02/08/21  House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation by voice vote
• 02/09/21  House: Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems
• 02/11/21  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/21  House: Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/21  House: Read second time
• 02/19/21  House: Read third time
• 02/19/21  House: Amendments by Delegate McQuinn agreed to
• 02/19/21  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/19/21  House: Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/21  House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/21  Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
• 02/25/21  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/25/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1260ER)
• 02/25/21  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/26/21  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/01/21  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 03/01/21  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 03/11/21  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 60 (effective 7/1/21)
• 03/11/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0060)