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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2684 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 768 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 2684 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
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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) require state agencies to 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | attempt to negotiate a purchase before they may take real property by 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | eminent domain, (2) create an Office of the Property Rights 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Ombudsman, which shall have responsibilities including, but not 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | limited to, arbitrating and mediating disputes between agencies and 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | property owners, (3) require state agencies to pay the maximum 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | benefits provided pursuant to the state and federal Uniform Relocation 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Assistance Acts, and (4) require the legislative body of a municipality 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | in which an agency operates to vote separately to approve the 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | acquisition of each parcel by purchase or condemnation. 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 33 | 33 | | To (1) require state agencies to attempt to negotiate a purchase before |
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| 34 | 34 | | they may take real property by eminent domain, (2) create an Office of |
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| 35 | 35 | | the Property Rights Ombudsman, which shall have responsibilities |
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| 36 | 36 | | including, but not limited to, arbitrating and mediating disputes |
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| 37 | 37 | | between agencies and property owners, (3) require state agencies to |
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| 38 | 38 | | pay the maximum benefits provided pursuant to the state and federal |
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| 39 | 39 | | Uniform Relocation Assistance Acts, and (4) require the legislative Proposed Bill No. 768 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 2684 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | body of a municipality in which an agency operates to vote separately |
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| 45 | 45 | | to approve the acquisition of each parcel by purchase or |
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| 46 | 46 | | condemnation. |
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