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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 lawEminent domain
Same legislation: HF 25
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 13, 2023
- Done: House committeeJanuary 26, 2023
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 2, 202398–0
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 during a legal process to take their land, the court can reduce the money they receive. This reduction covers the extra costs and lawyer fees the government agency had to pay because of the delay. Agencies must clearly warn owners about these consequences in every notice they send.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, 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 bill also specifies conditions under which the acquiring agency is deemed to have paid in full the damages awarded without any further action. The consequence for failing to timely respond to such notices and documents must be clearly stated on each notice or document provided to the property owner. The bill applies to condemnation proceedings for which the application is filed on or after July 1, 2023.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 7, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Tried before
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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 2442 Authorizing the reduction of damages payable to an unresponsive property owner in condemna…89th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
- HF 804 Authorizing the reduction of damages payable to an unresponsive property owner in condemna…89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2442 · same titleCleared committee
- HF 81 Authorizing the reduction of damages payable to an unresponsive property owner in condemna…89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 804 · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2522 Authorizing the reduction of damages payable to an unresponsive property owner in condemna…88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2129 Authorizing the reduction of damages payable to an unresponsive property owner in condemna…88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · similarCleared committee
Matched by wording or an identical title.