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House rejects bill to expand reimbursement of expert fees in eminent domain cases
Summary
The House voted down Senate Bill 23-21, which would have allowed recovery of expert witness costs in eminent domain proceedings; the bill failed 39–51 after committee concerns about federal law filling statutory gaps were cited.
The North Dakota House voted 39–51 to reject Senate Bill 23-21, a measure that would have amended statutes to explicitly allow reimbursement of costs incurred for retaining expert witnesses in eminent domain proceedings.
Representative Mark Porter, the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman, presented the committee's recommendation to "do not pass." The…
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