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Requiring landowner approval for a pipeline company submitting a request for the right to exercise eminent domain and including applicability provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2022
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 Before a pipeline company can use eminent domain to take land for a project, it must first get approval from a certain percentage of the affected landowners. The company has to show proof of this landowner approval to the state utilities board before they can start building. This rule applies to any pipeline company seeking these rights after the law takes effect.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to a pipeline company seeking eminent domain rights for a pipeline construction project. The bill requires a pipeline company seeking to use eminent domain to acquire approval from landowners owning percent of the land affected by the pipeline project prior to beginning pipeline construction. The pipeline company shall submit evidence of landowner approval to the utilities board within the utilities division of the department of commerce. The bill applies to pipeline companies seeking eminent domain approval on or after the effective date of the bill.
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