Eminent domain; prohibiting taking of private property unless for certain uses. Effective date.

Summary

The bill narrows when the state or local governments can take private property, allowing it only for highways, parks, cemeteries, public buildings, utilities and other uses listed in law. It also requires any surplus land taken to be offered first to the original owner at the lower of appraised value or the price originally paid. Economic‑development benefits can no longer be used to justify a taking.

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