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Senate advances bill tightening rules on sale of land taken for open space; amendment shortens proposed hold period
Summary
Senate debate centered on SB177, which would lengthen the period municipalities must retain land acquired by exaction before selling it. Sponsors and opponents reached agreement to amend an initial 25-year proposal down to 15 years; the bill was ordered read for a third time.
Senators debated Senate Bill 177, a bill that seeks to strengthen protections for property taken by exaction and held for public uses such as open space. Sponsor Senator Niederhauser said the change responds to instances where land dedicated for public use was later sold and developed, arguing the statute should keep exaction land in its intended use for a longer period. "If we are going to exact property, we need to leave it in that use," Niederhauser said.
Opponents raised…
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