Chief Patron

Del. Melanie Rapp (R-Yorktown)

Melanie Rapp (R-Yorktown)
Served: 2001–

Status

Bill is Dead
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Summary

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taking of private property for public uses.  Establishes that the power of eminent domain shall not be exercised when the purpose of the taking or damaging of private property is economic development, the transfer of ownership to a private party, or an increase in tax revenues or employment.  This restriction does not apply to entities regulated by the State Corporation Commission.  A taking or damaging of private property with the incidental effect of increasing employment, economic development, or tax revenues shall not be sufficient to justify or invalidate the taking or damaging of private property.