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Public Comment. Volume III - Montana Legislature

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Hill Hoirse<br />

Box 547<br />

Bimey, k1T. 5901 2<br />

EQC Eminent Domain<br />

Subcommittee-<strong>Public</strong> Hearing<br />

March 23,2000<br />

Exhibit 9<br />

To:. EQC En?inent.Dornltin Sub-Committee ~ncmbers<br />

From: Christine Valentine<br />

Re: Eminent Domain Law Reform<br />

Over twenty years ago Senator Mike Mansfield said in a message to Congress,<br />

"<strong>Montana</strong> must do several things ... first .... rcpcal the Eminent Domain Law<br />

which permits large corporations holding sub-surface rights, to condemn mrfhce<br />

ownership."<br />

Former Senator Lee Metcalf said that sane year,<br />

"Ranchers and fanners and residents of <strong>Montana</strong> find their land and whole fiturc in<br />

jeopardy because of <strong>Montana</strong>'s Eminent Domain law."<br />

Former Rosebud County William Meisburger also wrote to me that same year,<br />

''Of course condemnation, as you know, CONTEMPLATES a fair recompense to the<br />

owner, but as you&<br />

know, THE END RESULT OF CONDEMNATION<br />

PROCEEDWGS FREQUENTLY LEAVE THE LANDOWNERS UNHAPPY"<br />

Why have we not listened to these well-respected <strong>Montana</strong> Citizenso? Another twenty<br />

years have gone by and landowners' ~ghts ilnder condemnation procedures have not been<br />

EQC Eminent Domain Study -1 55-

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