3rd Sub. H.B. 334
         EMINENT DOMAIN

house floor Amendments

Amendment 2 February 23, 2007 10:24 am



Representative Lorie D. Fowlke proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 12 through 13 :    

             12          
{   .    establishes a task force to study issues related to eminent domain and provides for

             13      task force membership, duties, compensation, and reporting requirements;  
}


2.    Page 1, Lines 17 through 19 :    

             17          
{   .    excludes emergency access ways and open land as public uses for which eminent

             18      domain may be used;  
}

             19          .    excludes certain
  portions of       parks from the scope of what is a public use for purposes of


3.    Page 2, Line 29 :    

             29          
{   This bill provides a November 30, 2007 repeal date for certain sections of this bill.   }


4.    Page 2, Lines 52 through 53 :    

             52          (e) roads, streets, and alleys for public vehicular use, excluding
{   :

             53          (i)  
}
trails, paths, or other ways for walking, hiking, bicycling, equestrian use, or other

5.    Page 2, Line 56 :    

             56          
{   (ii) paths, lanes, or other ways for emergency access; and   }


6.    Page , Line 88 through Page 4, Line 88 :    

             88          (11) cemeteries and public parks[.], except for a
  portion of a       park      {   whose   }        if the       primary use        of the portion       is:


7.    Page 4, Line 107 through Page 5, Line 140 :    

             107     
{       Section 2. Eminent Domain Task Force -- Creation -- Membership -- Interim

             108      rules followed -- Compensation -- Staff.
             109          (1) There is created the Eminent Domain Task Force consisting of the following 11
             110      members:
             111          (a) three members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
             112      two of whom may be from the same political party; and


             113          (b) eight members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the
             114      House of Representatives, no more than five of whom may be from the same political party.
             115          (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed
             116      under Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the task force.
             117          (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House
             118      of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the task force.
             119          (3) In conducting its business, the task force shall comply with the rules of legislative
             120      interim committees.
             121          (4) Salaries and expenses of the members of the task force shall be paid in accordance
             122      with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.
             123          (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support
             124      to the task force.
             125          Section 3. Duties -- Interim report.
             126          (1) The task force shall review and make recommendations on the following issues:
             127          (a) the policy of the state regarding the public uses for which property may be taken by
             128      eminent domain;
             129          (b) whether current statutory provisions relating to eminent should be revised and
             130      updated; and
             131          (c) other issues relating to eminent domain that the task force considers appropriate.
             132          (2) A final report, including any proposed legislation shall be presented to the Political
             133      Subdivisions Interim Committee Interim Committee before November 30, 2007.
             134          Section 4. Appropriation.
             135          There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2006-07 only:
             136          (1) $8,000 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the
             137      task force; and
             138          (2) $21,000 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses
             139      of representatives on the task force.  
}

             140          Section
{   5   }        2       . Legislative intent.


8.    Page , Line 150 through Page 6, Line 155 :    

             150     
{       (2) These changes to Section 78-34-1 made by S.B. 117 and this bill are efforts to state

             151      explicitly existing principles of eminent domain that had not previously been as explicitly
             152      stated. A clarification of the intent behind these changes will benefit all those applying and
             153      interpreting this provision of the Utah Code. It is not the intent of the Legislature to affect any
             154      action that has had final adjudication.  
}

             155          
{   (3)   }        (2)       The Legislature      {   viewed   }        views       Section 78-34-1 ,      {   before   }        with       the passage of S.B. 117 from the


9.    Page 6, Line 158 :    



             158      be used. The Legislature
{   viewed   }        views       Section 78-34-1 ,      {   before   }        with       the passage of this bill, as excluding


10.    Page 6, Lines 162 through 168 :    

             162          
{   (4) In passing S.B. 117, it was the intent of the Legislature that the addition of new

             163      language to Subsection 78-34-1 (3) after the word "alleys" was to state explicitly those
             164      enumerated exclusions that had not previously been as explicitly stated. In passing this bill, it
             165      is the intent of the Legislature that the addition of new language to Subsection 78-34-1 (11)
             166      after the word "parks" is to state explicitly the enumerated exclusions that had not previously
             167      been as explicitly stated.  
}

             168          Section
{   6   }        3       . Effective date.


11.    Page 6, Lines 173 through 174 :    

             173          
{   Section 7. Repeal date.

             174          Sections 2 through 4 of this bill are repealed November 30, 2007.  
}


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