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Committee passes bill adding limits on eminent domain for energy collector systems with 66% agreement threshold
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to advance Senate File 181, which establishes conditions and sideboards for using eminent domain to acquire rights for energy collection systems, including a requirement that land‑use and compensation agreements cover at least 66% of affected land or landowners before condemnation can proceed.
Cheyenne — The Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee voted unanimously, 9–0, to pass Senate File 181, a bill that places new conditions on condemnation for energy collector systems while preserving a path to use eminent domain in defined circumstances.
Senator Barry Craigo, sponsor, described the proposal as a compromise protecting private property rights without banning eminent domain entirely. “This is a private property rights bill,” Craigo said, noting the bill creates “sideboards” — including a requirement that either agreements cover at least 66% of the land area affected or at least 66% of the landowners (if three or more owners are involved) before a collector‑system condemner may file a condemnation action.
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