House panel kills eminent domain proposal
“The more they heard, the less they liked.
That’s how Democrats in the House Transportation and Energy Committee reacted to a bill that would have granted eminent domain and condemnation rights to oil pipeline companies.
But the committee instead voted 12-1 Thursday to kill the bill, at the sponsor’s request.
In the House, Senate Bill 13-191 picked up another sponsor this month: Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg (R-Sterling). Sonnenberg and co-sponsor Rep. Angela Williams (D-Denver) told the transportation committee that the bill was just a technical correction to a long-ago statute, and would put back into law common practice of allowing oil pipeline companies the rights of eminent domain.
The bill has continued to pick up opposition during its three-month long trip through the General Assembly.”
Goodland, Marianne. Fort Morgan Times 27 April 2013.