Eminent domain; jury to determine just compensation. (HB132)
Introduced By
Del. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake)
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Description
Eminent domain; determining just compensation. Removes the option of the landowner to choose commissioners to hear an eminent domain case. Only jurors or the court shall be permitted to hear such a matter. All of the jurors in an eminent domain proceeding are required to be freeholders in the jurisdiction of the land in question. Additionally, from of an original panel of 13 jurors, each party will be granted four preemptory strikes. Amends § 25.1-100 (“Definitions.”), § 25.1-209 (“Notice of filing of petition.”), § 25.1-213 (“Filing an answer and grounds of defense; election of commissioners or jury.”), § 25.1-214 (“Failure of owner to file answer and grounds of defense.”), § 25.1-219 (“Pretrial settlement conference; determination of preliminary issues; fixing date of trial on issue of just compensation.”), § 25.1-220 (“Who determines issue of just compensation.”), § 25.1-228 (“Qualification of jurors.”), § 25.1-229 (“Selection of jurors.”), § 25.1-235 (“Compensation of commissioners or jurors.”), § 25.1-318 (“Petition by owner for determination of just compensation.”), § 36-27 (“Eminent domain.”), § 62.1-98 (“Right of eminent domain of public service corporations.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Status
04/05/2006: signed by governor
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