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All Five Likely
Candidates for Governor Support Eminent Domain Amendment
(6/4/07) -
The News & Observer's
Under the Dome blog has been
posting a series of entries outlining where the various candidates
for governor stand on the eminent domain amendment and other issues. According to Dome, all five probable major candidates for
governor support the eminent domain amendment:
DEMOCRATS:
Richard Moore -
supports eminent domain amendment
Beverly Perdue -
supports eminent domain amendment
REPUBLICANS:
Bill Graham -
supports eminent domain amendment
Bob Orr -
supports eminent domain amendment
Fred Smith -
supports eminent domain amendment
Eminent Domain
Amendment Referred to Senate Ways & Means Committee
The eminent domain amendment (House
Bill 878) that recently
passed the N.C. House was referred to the Senate Ways & Means
Committee on May 29. The committee members are listed below.
Chairman:
Sen. Charlie S. Dannelly
Vice Chairman:
Sen. David F. Weinstein
Members:
Sen. Charles W. Albertson
Sen. Austin M. Allran
Sen. Bob Atwater
Sen. James Forrester
Sen. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr.
Sen. David W. Hoyle
Sen. Neal Hunt
Sen. Clark Jenkins
Sen. John H. Kerr III
Sen. Vernon Malone
Sen. A. B Swindell
History of HB 878
(Eminent Domain Amendment)
 On March 15,
2007 a bipartisan bill
to protect our private property from unjust seizure by governments,
was introduced in the N.C. House. This bill would give North
Carolinians the opportunity to vote on an amendment to the state
constitution that would prohibit governmental entities from using
eminent domain to seize private property for economic development
purposes. Unlike a legislative solution that can easily be
undone by the whims of a future legislature, a constitutional
amendment will give us protection that stands the test of time.
Four days after it was introduced,
HB 878 was referred to the Committee on Rules, Calendar, and
Operations of the House. It remained in that committee for two
months. On May 15, HB 878 was referred to the Judicary II
Committee. On May 22, the bill was modified in committee and placed
on the House calendar for Wednesday, May 23, 2007. The bill
passed its third reading in the N.C. House on May 24, 2007. It
was received by the N.C. Senate on May 29, 2007 and referred to the
Senate Ways & Means Committee that same day.
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