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HOUSE BILL NO. 555 – Eminent domain, limitation

HOUSE BILL NO. 555

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H0555......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
EMINENT DOMAIN - Adds to existing law to provide limitations on eminent
domain for private parties, urban renewal or economic development purposes;
and to provide for review at judicial proceedings involving the exercise of
the power of eminent domain.
                                                                        
02/06    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/07    Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/17    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/20    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/24    3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon,
      Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
      Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez,
      Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen,
      Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche,
      Rydalch, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley,
      Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie(Luker), Snodgrass, Stevenson,
      Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Boe, Denney, Sali
    Floor Sponsors - Mr. Speaker & Clark
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/27    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/06    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/07    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/09    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES -- Andreason(Hatch), Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
      Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
      Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Sweet
    Floor Sponsors - Richardson, McGee & Pearce
    Title apvd - to House
03/10    To enrol
03/13    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/14    Pres signed
03/15    To Governor
03/21    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 96
         Effective: 07/01/06

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 555
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO EMINENT DOMAIN; AMENDING CHAPTER 7, TITLE 7, IDAHO  CODE,  BY  THE
  3        ADDITION  OF  A  NEW SECTION 7-701A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS ON
  4        EMINENT DOMAIN FOR PRIVATE PARTIES, URBAN RENEWAL OR ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT
  5        PURPOSES  AND  TO PROVIDE FOR REVIEW AT JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING THE
  6        EXERCISE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 1.  That Chapter 7, Title 7, Idaho  Code,  be,  and  the  same  is
  9    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 10    ignated as Section 7-701A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        7-701A.  LIMITATION ON EMINENT DOMAIN FOR PRIVATE PARTIES,  URBAN  RENEWAL
 12    OR  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES. (1)  This section limits and restricts the
 13    use of eminent domain under the laws of this state or local ordinance  by  the
 14    state  of  Idaho,  its instrumentalities, political subdivisions, public agen-
 15    cies, or bodies corporate and politic of the state to condemn any interest  in
 16    property  in  order  to convey the condemned interest to a private interest or
 17    person as provided herein.
 18        (2)  Eminent domain shall not be used to acquire private property:
 19        (a)  For any alleged public use which is merely a pretext for the transfer
 20        of the condemned property or any interest in that property  to  a  private
 21        party; or
 22        (b)  For  the  purpose  of promoting or effectuating economic development;
 23        provided however, that nothing herein shall affect the exercise of eminent
 24        domain:
 25             (i)   Pursuant to chapter 15, title 70, Idaho  Code,  and  title  42,
 26             Idaho Code; or
 27             (ii)  Pursuant to chapters 19, 20 or 29, title 50, Idaho Code, except
 28             that  no  private property shall be taken through exercise of eminent
 29             domain within the area of operation of a housing authority or  within
 30             an  urban renewal area or within a deteriorated or deteriorating area
 31             or within a competitively disadvantaged border community area  unless
 32             the specific property to be condemned is proven by clear and convinc-
 33             ing  evidence  to  be  in  such  condition  that  it meets all of the
 34             requirements:
 35                  1.  The  property,  due  to  general  dilapidation,  compromised
 36                  structural integrity, or failed  mechanical  systems,  endangers
 37                  life  or endangers property by fire or by other perils that pose
 38                  an actual identifiable threat to building occupants; and
 39                  2.  The property contains specifically  identifiable  conditions
 40                  that  pose  an actual risk to human health, transmission of dis-
 41                  ease, juvenile delinquency or criminal content; and
 42                  3.  The property presents an actual risk of harm to  the  public
 43                  health, safety, morals or general welfare; or
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1             (iii) For  those  public and private uses for which eminent domain is
  2             expressly provided in the constitution of the state of Idaho.
  3        (3)  This section shall not affect the authority of a governmental  entity
  4    to condemn a leasehold estate on property owned by the governmental entity.
  5        (4)  The  rationale  for condemnation by the governmental entity proposing
  6    to condemn property shall be freely reviewable in the course of judicial  pro-
  7    ceedings involving exercise of the power of eminent domain.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


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                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 15927

This legislation adds a new section 7-701A, Idaho Code, to
provide limitations on Eminent Domain for private parties, urban
renewal or economic development purposes and to provide for
review at judicial proceedings involving the exercise of the
power of eminent domain.



                           FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact to the general fund.





Contact
Name: Speaker Bruce Newcomb
      Representative Lawerence Denney
      Representative Mike Moyle
      Representative Julie Ellsworth
      Representative Dell Raybould
      Senator Mel Richardson
      Senator Monty Pearce
      Senator John McGee
Phone:(208) 332-1000
Name: David Hensley, Office of the Governor
Phone:(208) 334-2100
Name: Brian Kane, Office of the Attorney General
Phone:(208) 334-2400  


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