Eminent domain bill passes the N.C. House
“House Bill 8 has been referred to the Senate Rules and Operations Committee.
The proposed amendment would prohibit condemnation of private property except for a public use, requires the payment of just compensation for the property taken, requires the compensation to be determined by jury trial, if requested by any party, and changes the statutory purpose for which private, local public and other public condemnors may condemn property from “public use or benefit” to “public use,” according to the bill summary.”
Staff Reporter, Blue Ridge Now 21 February 2013.