{"id":27003,"date":"2020-01-22T16:56:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T22:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=27003"},"modified":"2020-01-23T10:52:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T16:52:16","slug":"voter-approval-for-certain-eminent-domain-uses-proposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=27003","title":{"rendered":"Voter approval for certain eminent domain uses proposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the Judiciary Committee heard testimony Jan. 22 on a bill that could potentially limit the use of eminent domain in Nebraska.<\/p>\n

\"Sen.
Sen. Tom Brewer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Under LB823, sponsored by Gordon Sen. Tom Brewer, voter approval of eminent domain use would be required for certain public projects.<\/p>\n

Brewer said numerous Nebraskans risk losing their private land because an out-of-state consortium has ordered the construction of a new transmission line through the Sandhills.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Legislature gave public power the right to seize private property and exercise the use of eminent domain, no one in this [legislative body] could have imagined a day when Nebraskans had their property taken from them on behalf of an out-of-state third party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The bill would require that a special election be held before eminent domain could be exercised by a city or other political subdivision on behalf of an out-of-state third party for purposes of transmission lines for electric power.<\/p>\n

Shelley Sahling-Zart, representing the Nebraska Power Association, opposed the bill. She said it would set a bad precedent for future public projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is that most [utilities] rarely use eminent domain,\u201d she said. \u201cEminent domain is always a tool of last resort, but it is an important tool.\u201d<\/p>\n

No one testified in support of LB823 and the committee took no immediate action on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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