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Committee approves bill narrowing use of eminent domain for redevelopment
Summary
The State and Local Government Committee voted to advance House Bill 444, which revises state law to limit eminent domain takings by housing and community development agencies to specifically blighted property rather than broader 'blighted areas.'
At a meeting of the State and Local Government Committee, members voted to advance House Bill 444 to the Finance, Ways and Means Committee after discussion about property-rights protections and procedural safeguards.
The bill, presented by Chairman Halsey, would change statutory language from “blighted areas” to “blighted property,” preventing housing authorities or community development agencies from seizing nonblighted neighboring…
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