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September 5, 2007
NC Property Rights
Coalition Holding Press Conference This Thursday, July 19
The N.C. Property Rights Coalition is
holding a press conference at 9:30 a.m. this Thursday, July 19 in
front of the legislative building to call on the N.C. Senate
leadership to bring the eminent domain amendment (HB 878) up for a
vote.
Eminent Domain
Amendment Sent Away to Die?
On
May 24, the eminent domain amendment (HB
878) passed the NC House by a
vote of 104-15. On
May 29, the bill was referred
to the N.C. Senate's
Ways & Means Committee. It
has not been acted on since.
On Monday, a representative of
the N.C. Property Rights Coalition called the office of
Sen. Charlie Dannelly,
Chairman of the Ways & Means Committee, and asked when the Ways &
Means Committee last met.
Sen. Dannelly's assistant's answer:
2001.
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 by an
overwhelming margin of 104-15. It
was received by the N.C. Senate on May 29, 2007 and referred to the
Senate Ways & Means Committee that same day. As of July
17, 2007 the bill remains in the Senate Ways & Means Committee,
which has not met since 2001.
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