Public Comment. Volume III - Montana Legislature

I support eminent domain reform. I suggest that the subcommittee immediately
draft legislation, which does the following things:
Mitigates the damage to private property that eminent domain causes.
Landowners must have more rights to be more involved in the routing of
projects across their land and should have the right to require the same
mitigations the government includes on state and federal lands. (Dye)
I support eminentbdomain refwm. -I suggest that the subcommittee immediately
draft legislation, which does the following things:
Mitigates the damage to private property that eminent domain causes.
Landowners must have more rights to be more involved in the routing of
projects across their land and should have the right to require the same
mitigations the government includes on state and federal lands.
(Mangus)
I support eminent domain reform. I suggest that the subcommittee immediately
draft legislation, which does the following things:
Mitigates the damage to private property that eminent domain causes.
Landowners must be more involved in the routing of projects across their
land and should have the right to require the same mitigations the
government includes on state and federal lands. (I. Alderson)
In addition to the requirement that a project be located in a manner that
minimizes private injury, the eminent domain law must also require that damage
to private property be minimized by development of a mitigation plan. The
process for developing this mitigation plan must provide opportur~ities for
landowners to have input into routing decisions, and into decisions pertaining to
specific mitigation measures. (Northern Plains Resource Council)
The state should monitor mitigation plans and publish annual monitoring
reports. If the State fails to enforce a mitigation plan, citizens must have the
right to go to court to require enforcement. (Northern Plains Resource Council)
Private landowners must have the right to be covered by the same land, water,
and property protections and mitigation measures that apply on state and
federal public lands. (Northern Plains Resource Council)
Prior to the start of any environmental review process or other permitting
process, any company or government agency seeking to use eminent domain
to take land must mail a notice of their proposed project to all potentially
affected landowners explaining opportuni,ties for public input. (Northern Plains
Resource Council)
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