Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 67 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-01-31 - Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (second resolution); taking or damaging of private property; public use. Revises the prohibition on the enactment by the General Assembly of laws whereby private property may be taken or damaged. An existing provision authorizing the General Assembly to define what constitutes a public use is removed. The proposed amendment provides that private property can be taken or damaged only for a public use, only with just compensation to the owner, and only so much taken as is necessary for the public use. Just compensation must equal or exceed the value of the property taken, lost profits and lost access, and damages to the residue caused by the taking. A public service company, public service corporation, or railroad exercises the power of eminent domain for public use when such exercise is for the authorized provision of utility, common carrier, or railroad services. In all other cases, a taking or damaging of private property is not for public use if the primary use is for private gain, private benefit, private enterprise, increasing jobs, increasing tax revenue, or economic development, except for the elimination of a public nuisance existing on the property. The condemnor bears the burden of proving that the use is public, without a presumption that it is.

Constitutional amendment; taking or damaging of private property for public use (second reference).

Sen. Ryan McDougle [R]

2012-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-31		Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
2012-01-31		Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
2012-01-31		Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
2012-01-10		Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2012-01-10		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102332D

SJR3 (Similar To) 2012-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SJ67
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SJ67+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S08V0043+SJ0067