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Authorizing the reduction of damages payable to an unresponsive property owner in condemnation proceedings and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee
Topics:Courts & civil lawCities & countiesEminent domain
Same legislation: HF 2129
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2020
- Done: House committeeFebruary 20, 2020
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If a property owner ignores at least two required notices or documents during a government land takeover, the court can reduce the money they receive. This reduction covers the extra legal fees and costs the government had to pay because of the delay. Every notice sent to the owner must clearly explain that failing to respond could lead to this penalty.1
Read the official explanation
57 relating to providing the notices and documents required under Code chapter 6B, and the property owner fails to timely respond to all, but not less than two, such notices, documents, or other correspondence from the acquiring agency, the district court, or the compensation commission for which a response is required, the amount of damages awarded to the property owner shall be reduced by an amount equal to the additional actual costs incurred and additional reasonable attorney fees paid by the acquiring agency relating to the condemnation proceedings. The consequence for failing to timely respond to notices and documents must be clearly stated on each notice or document for which a response from the property owner is required. The bill applies to condemnation proceedings for which the application is filed on or after July 1, 2020.
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