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        SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029
        February 1, 2007

Mr. Speaker:

    The Government Operations Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 334, EMINENT DOMAIN, by Representative A. Tilton, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 18 through 21 :    

             18      eminent domain;

  and      

             19     
{       .    prohibits the taking of property by eminent domain if the effect is to divide an

             20      owner's property into separate parcels divided by the taken property unless one side
             21      or another of the owner's property is also taken to the property line; and   }

2.    Page 2, Lines 31 through 32 :    

             31      ENACTS:
             32          
{   78-34-3.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953   }


3.    Page 4, Lines 107 through 113 :    

             107     
{       Section 2. Section 78-34-3.5 is enacted to read:

             108          78-34-3.5. Dividing an owner's property by an acquisition by eminent domain.
             109          A person may not acquire property by eminent domain if the acquisition has the effect
             110      of dividing an owner's property into separate pieces divided by the acquired property unless the
             111      person also acquires the rest of the owner's property on one side or the other to the owner's
             112      property line.   }
             113          Section
{   3   }        2       . Legislative intent.



    Respectfully,

    Glenn A. Donnelson
    Committee Chair

Voting: 6-2-3
3 HB0334.HC1.wpd 2/1/07 9:59 am benchristensen/BNC RHR/JTW

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