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Senate adopts tighter redevelopment rules, adds property-owner protections and limits eminent-domain use
Summary
After lengthy floor discussion, the Senate approved a third substitute of House Bill 278 tightening definitions of blight, strengthening property-owner notice and rights, limiting use of eminent domain for economic development, and adding time limits and a grandfathering provision for projects underway.
The Senate considered and approved the third substitute to House Bill 278, a package of redevelopment amendments designed to address complaints about redevelopment agencies' use of eminent domain and project timeframes.
Sponsor Senator Bartle described the substitute as a compromise that allows projects already underway to finish under the old law while tightening language for new projects. Key changes include raising the threshold for a 'blight' finding (requiring three…
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