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Sponsor frames repurchase right for property taken by school districts as racial and economic‑justice fix
Summary
The Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee heard Senate Bill 5,142, which would require school districts that acquire property by condemnation to offer to sell it back to the prior owner if the property is not used for its intended public purpose.
The Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee heard Senate Bill 5,142, which would require school districts that acquire property by condemnation or under threat of condemnation to offer the property back to the prior owner at the original acquisition price if the land is not put to the public use for which it was taken.
John Brzezinski, staff to the committee, said the repurchase right would trigger in three circumstances: when the planned public use is canceled before being put to use, when no actual progress toward the public use is made within ten years after acquisition, or when the property becomes unnecessary for the public use or a substantially…
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