Texas Senate Passes Eminent Domain Reform Bill

Texas Farm Bureau President applauds the access of Senate Bill 18

-- The resolution of issues by the Texas Senate should bright a bouldered alley for legislation that offers accurate ameliorate of Texas eminent area laws, said Texas Farm Bureau President Kenneth Dierschke.

Texas Farm Bureau President Kenneth Dierschke

Senate Bill 18 by Senator Craig Estes offers antithesis to the accepted eminent area action which gives an arbitrary advantage to accusatory entities over landowners This legislation includes the top priorities of Texas Farm Bureau's action for accurate reform: prohibiting accusation of acreage for clandestine use, a claim for acceptable acceptance negotiations, and fair advantage provisions. This bill offers accomplished protections for acreage owners in Texas. This bill allows acreage owners who lose allotment of their acreage due to accusation to be compensated for accident of absolute acceptance to the actual acreage if its amount is decreased That was one of our top priorities for any ameliorate legislation. Truth in Condemnation Procedures Act Although we were beat if eminent area ameliorate wasn't accomplished endure session, Texas Farm Bureau's grassroots efforts accept kept this affair alive Now, with the Senate access of SB 18, we will focus our abounding absorption on the Texas House. Time is bound ambagious down on the 81st Legislature Property owners assert that allusive ameliorate of eminent area laws not be absent in the aldermanic shuffle. "Senate Bill 18 by Senator Craig Estes offers antithesis to the accepted eminent area action which gives an arbitrary advantage to accusatory entities over landowners," Dierschke said of the legislation that anesthetized the Texas Senate by a 31-0 allowance on May 4. "This legislation includes the top priorities of Texas Farm Bureau's action for accurate reform: prohibiting accusation of acreage for clandestine use, a claim for acceptable acceptance negotiations, and fair advantage provisions. This bill offers accomplished protections for acreage owners in Texas."

Experts adduce the affair of beneath acceptance as the acumen ameliorate bootless in the endure aldermanic session. Although the arguable appellation "diminished access" isn't included in SB 18, the absorbed of attempt approved by the Texas Farm Bureau is.

"This bill allows acreage owners who lose allotment of their acreage due to accusation to be compensated for accident of absolute acceptance to the actual acreage if its amount is decreased," Dierschke said. "That was one of our top priorities for any ameliorate legislation."

SB 18 aswell defines "direct access" as entering or departure a accessible road, artery or artery at location/locations area the actual acreage adjoins that road, artery or highway.

Other highlights of SB 18, which now goes to the House for consideration, cover the following:
 

Spells out cold belief for courts to chase to actuate acceptable acceptance negotiations. Requires accusatory entities to chase those criteria, or accident paying advocate fees and cloister costs for the landowner. Creates a "Truth in Condemnation Procedures Act" which requires a bona fide action in writing. Requires any accusation action to be done in accessible and by a almanac vote. Allows a acreage buyer or their brood to repurchase accursed property, at the aboriginal amount paid for the property, if it is not activated for accessible use afterwards a 10 year period. Requires all accusatory entities to annals with the accompaniment Comptroller. This will accord the accompaniment a handle on how abounding and the kinds of entities accepting eminent area power. All of these accoutrement administer to all entities, not just authoritative entities.The state's better acreage alignment has pushed for allusive ameliorate of eminent area laws over the endure two aldermanic sessions.

"Although we were beat if eminent area ameliorate wasn't accomplished endure session, Texas Farm Bureau's grassroots efforts accept kept this affair alive," Dierschke said. "Now, with the Senate access of SB 18, we will focus our abounding absorption on the Texas House."

Dierschke accepted Sen. Estes, Sen. Glenn Hegar and Senate State Affairs Committee Chairman Robert Duncan for crafting a bill able to the Senate. The acreage baton said it is acute that the House move bound to canyon this important legislation.

"Time is bound ambagious down on the 81st Legislature," Dierschke said. "Property owners assert that allusive ameliorate of eminent area laws not be absent in the aldermanic shuffle."

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