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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2687 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 545 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2687 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SEN. LOGAN, 17th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 20 | 20 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 22 | 22 | | That the general statutes be amended to (1) permit certain property 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | owners to repurchase property taken from them by eminent domain if 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | such property is not used for a public use and is subsequently resold; 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) prohibit persons from misrepresenting that they are authorized to 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | acquire property by eminent domain by making such 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | misrepresentation an unfair trade practice; (3) require that appraisals 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | in eminent domain proceedings be conducted by licensed real estate 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | appraisers in accordance with uniform standards; (4) require the 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | consent of the parties before a court may appoint a judge trial referee 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | to review a statement of compensation in an eminent domain 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | proceeding; (5) increase the maximum payments for relocation 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | assistance; and (6) revise the standards used by municipal legislative 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | bodies prior to authorizing the use of eminent domain pursuant to a 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | development plan under chapter 132 of the general statutes. 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 37 | 37 | | To (1) permit certain property owners to repurchase property taken |
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| 38 | 38 | | from them by eminent domain if such property is not used for a public Proposed Bill No. 545 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 2687 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | use and is subsequently resold; (2) prohibit persons from |
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| 44 | 44 | | misrepresenting that they are authorized to acquire property by |
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| 45 | 45 | | eminent domain by making such misrepresentation an unfair trade |
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| 46 | 46 | | practice; (3) require that appraisals in eminent domain proceedings be |
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| 47 | 47 | | conducted by licensed real estate appraisers in accordance with |
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| 48 | 48 | | uniform standards; (4) require the consent of the parties before a court |
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| 49 | 49 | | may appoint a judge trial referee to review a statement of |
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| 50 | 50 | | compensation in an eminent domain proceeding; (5) increase the |
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| 51 | 51 | | maximum payments for relocation assistance; and (6) revise the |
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| 52 | 52 | | standards used by municipal legislative bodies prior to authorizing the |
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| 53 | 53 | | use of eminent domain pursuant to a development plan under chapter |
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| 54 | 54 | | 132 of the general statutes. |
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