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Senate committee opens hearing on bill to require use of land taken by eminent domain
Summary
The Committee on Disaster Recovery Infrastructure and Planning heard the sponsor introduce Bill No. 36-0070, which would add Section 423 to Title 28 of the Virgin Islands Code addressing failure to use property acquired through eminent domain; invited agency witnesses were listed and no vote was taken.
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — The Committee on Disaster Recovery Infrastructure and Planning, chaired by Senator Marice James, opened a hearing June 16 on Bill No. 36-0070, a measure that would add Section 423 to Title 28, Chapter 19 of the Virgin Islands Code to address the “failure to use property acquired through the exercise of the power of eminent domain.”
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Alma Francis Heiliger, told the committee the proposal grew from her research and outreach on land use across the territory’s three main islands. “The idea behind this piece of legislation came as I have been doing a lot of work and research, even reaching out to, members in the community as well as them reaching out to me when it…
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