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All Five Likely Candidates for Governor Support Eminent Domain Amendment

(6/5/07) - The News & Observer's Under the Dome blog has been posting a series of entries outlining where the various candidates for governor stand on the eminent domain amendment and other issues. According to Dome, all five probable major candidates for governor support the eminent domain amendment:

DEMOCRATS:
Richard Moore - supports eminent domain amendment
Beverly Perdue - supports eminent domain amendment

REPUBLICANS:
Bill Graham - supports eminent domain amendment
Bob Orr - supports eminent domain amendment
Fred Smith - supports eminent domain amendment

Eminent Domain Amendment Referred to Senate Ways & Means Committee

The eminent domain amendment (House Bill 878) that recently passed the N.C. House was referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on May 29. The committee members are listed below.

Chairman: Sen. Charlie S. Dannelly

Vice Chairman: Sen. David F. Weinstein

Members:
Sen. Charles W. Albertson
Sen. Austin M. Allran
Sen. Bob Atwater
Sen. James Forrester
Sen. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr.
Sen. David W. Hoyle
Sen. Neal Hunt
Sen. Clark Jenkins
Sen. John H. Kerr III
Sen. Vernon Malone
Sen. A. B Swindell

History of HB 878 (Eminent Domain Amendment)

On March 15, 2007 a bipartisan bill to protect our private property from unjust seizure by governments, was introduced in the N.C. House. This bill would give North Carolinians the opportunity to vote on an amendment to the state constitution that would prohibit governmental entities from using eminent domain to seize private property for economic development purposes. Unlike a legislative solution that can easily be undone by the whims of a future legislature, a constitutional amendment will give us protection that stands the test of time.

Four days after it was introduced, HB 878 was referred to the Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. It remained in that committee for two months. On May 15, HB 878 was referred to the Judicary II Committee. On May 22, the bill was modified in committee and placed on the House calendar for Wednesday, May 23, 2007. The bill passed its third reading in the N.C. House on May 24, 2007. It was received by the N.C. Senate on May 29, 2007 and referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee that same day.

Posted by: Ogre at 11:03 AM

Comments

1 That's awesome--I'm glad to hear that curbing eminent domain abuse is supported by all the candidates. I knew that Fred Smith had made it pretty clear that it was a priority for him, but I hadn't known about the other candidates. Good news, indeed.

Posted by: Nathan Tabor at June 07, 2007 06:12 AM (vefm8)

2 Now we just have to find a way to get the Democrats to put their money where their mouth is on this issue.

Posted by: Ogre at June 07, 2007 11:18 AM (oifEm)

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