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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 546
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2680
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. LOGAN, 17th Dist.
AN ACT LIMITING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY
MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND
ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF PROPERTY RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) eliminate the use of 1
eminent domain by (A) a municipality or development agency to 2
acquire property within a municipal development project area, and (B) 3
an implementing agency to acquire property in a development plan 4
under the Manufacturing Assistance Act; (2) establish an Office of 5
Property Rights Ombudsman; (3) permit a private property owner to 6
request that the ombudsman arbitrate an eminent domain or relocation 7
assistance dispute between the owner and a public agency; and (4) 8
require a public agency to make a reasonable effort to negotiate with a 9
property owner before starting an eminent domain action and provide 10
the property owner with certain information before filing such an 11
action, including information about the ombudsman. 12
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) eliminate the use of eminent domain by (A) a municipality or
development agency to acquire property within a municipal
development project area, and (B) an implementing agency to acquire Proposed Bill No. 546
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property in a development plan under the Manufacturing Assistance
Act; (2) establish an Office of Property Rights Ombudsman; (3) permit
a private property owner to request that the ombudsman arbitrate an
eminent domain or relocation assistance dispute between the owner
and a public agency; and (4) require a public agency to make a
reasonable effort to negotiate with a property owner before starting an
eminent domain action and provide the property owner with certain
information before filing such an action, including information about
the ombudsman.