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House advances substitute for HB 13 after heated debate over eminent-domain buyback terms
Summary
The House advanced a first-substitute of HB 13 on Feb. 1, 2003, extending corridor-preservation planning from 20 to 30 years and revising sale-back language for surplus property; lawmakers debated whether former owners should be offered the original purchase price or the highest subsequent offer.
On Feb. 1, 2003, the Utah House considered first-substitute House Bill 13, a package of transportation corridor preservation amendments that would extend planning horizons and change how surplus corridor property is treated. The floor moved to delete the original bill in title and body and substitute the first substitute HB 13; the substitute was adopted on a floor voice vote.
Sponsor Representative Dilley summarized key elements of the substitute: increasing the corridor-preservation planning window from 20 years to 30 years to align with metropolitan planning agencies' long-range plans and altering the disposition process for surplus property. Under the…
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