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House approves new penalties for deceptive tactics in easement negotiations tied to carbon oxide projects
Summary
House Bill 12 49 narrowly passed the House on Feb. 25, 2025. The bill creates a civil cause of action and remedies for landowners alleging deception, fraud, harassment, intimidation, misrepresentation or threat in pursuit of easements; sponsor narrowed the measure to apply to carbon oxide facilities.
The House passed House Bill 12 49 on Feb. 25, creating a statutory cause of action for landowners who say they were subjected to deceptive or coercive tactics during attempts to acquire easements or easement options.
Representative Cole Knowles, the sponsor, said the bill responds to landowner complaints about improper conduct by entities seeking easements for carbon oxide facilities. "This bill is really born out of real experiences that should not be occurring in our state," Knowles told the House, and he said the proposal lays out specific types of prohibited…
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