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Tennessee House approves bill narrowing eminent-domain use by housing authorities
Summary
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 480, which narrows the authority of housing agencies to take property by eminent domain by changing the statutory phrasing from "blighted area" to "blighted property."
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 480 on third and final consideration, a measure supporters called the Tennessee Property Rights Protection Act that narrows how housing authorities and community development agencies may use eminent domain.
Chairman Hulsey, sponsor of the substitute bill, said, "This is called the Tennessee Property Rights Protection Act." He explained that under current law a housing authority or community development agency can designate a "blighted area" and acquire the whole area, but the bill changes the term to "blighted…
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