Eminent domain; entry upon private property, calculation of just compensation, damages. (SB1421)

Introduced By

Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Eminent domain; entry upon private property; calculation of just compensation; damages. Makes various changes to provisions related to entry upon private property in an eminent domain proceeding, including (i) requiring that the number of persons for whom permission to inspect the premises is sought be included in a request for permission to inspect private property for the purposes of a project wherein the power of eminent domain may be exercised; (ii) requiring the notice of intent to enter the property to include all of the information contained in the request for permission to inspect the property; (iii) requiring the court to award fees for up to three experts or as many experts as are called by the petitioner at trial, whichever is greater, if the petitioner damages the property during its entry; (iv) removing the requirement that the damage must be done maliciously, willfully, or recklessly for the owner to be reimbursed for his costs; and (v) removing the option that the owner may be reimbursed for his costs if the court awards the owner actual damages in an amount 30 percent or more greater than the petitioner's final written offer made no later than 30 days after the filing of an answer in circuit court or the return date in general district court. The bill also provides the method by which just compensation for the taking of property in an eminent domain proceeding is calculated. The bill provides that the body determining just compensation shall ascertain the value of the property to be taken and the damages, if any, that may accrue to the residue beyond the specific enhancement in value, if any. The bill further outlines the considerations that may be used to determine the market value of the property before the taking and the residue after the taking. Finally, the bill allows a person to recover damages resulting from reformation, alteration, revision, amendment, or invalidation of a certificate in an eminent domain proceeding. The bill provides that an owner may recover costs incurred if the taking of land in an eminent domain proceeding is abandoned, in full or in part. The bill does not apply to condemnation proceedings in which the petitioner filed, prior to July 1, 2019, a petition in condemnation or a certificate of take or deposit. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2019Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103612D
01/08/2019Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/14/2019Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/15/2019Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/16/2019Read second time and engrossed
01/17/2019Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/21/2019Placed on Calendar
01/21/2019Read first time
01/21/2019Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/08/2019Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
02/11/2019House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/11/2019Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
02/15/2019Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (17-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2019Read second time
02/20/2019Read third time
02/20/2019Committee amendments agreed to
02/20/2019Engrossed by House as amended
02/20/2019Passed House with amendments (97-Y 2-N)
02/20/2019VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2019House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/23/2019Enrolled
02/23/2019Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1421ER)
02/23/2019Signed by President
02/23/2019Signed by Speaker
03/04/2019Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
03/04/2019G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
03/06/2019Impact statement from DPB (SB1421ER)
03/21/2019G Approved by Governor-Chapter 788 (effective 7/1/19)
03/22/2019G Approved by Governor-Chapter 788 (effective 7/1/19)
03/22/2019G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0788)