Eminent domain, oil pipeline bill dies in Texas House
“A bill that would reform the process of putting private oil pipelines across the state and take private land under eminent domain provisions died in the House on a technicality Friday. The bill, HB 2748…
Oil pipeline companies lose in eminent domain fight
“Some politicians want to fight Big Oil with the tools of big government: prohibit drilling, create windfall-profit taxes, impose new emissions rules, bar pipeline-building. But as with any industry, oil’s interests sometimes require big government,…
HB 2748 is bad news for eminent domain in Texas
“For years, Texas claimed to be a property rights state. Our politicians waxed eloquent on the stump about the sanctity of private property in Texas. Sometimes you get the idea that Davy Crockett died at…
TX Farm Bureau: HB 2748 is bad news for eminent domain in Texas
“In that session, a decade-long battle resulted in substantial improvement. Now, only two years later, the Legislature is poised to surrender many of the gains in that landmark legislation. It’s called House Bill 2748 and…
Heights council authorizes power of eminent domain to acquire property
“The City Council on Tuesday authorized the use of the power of eminent domain to acquire a 15-foot wastewater line easement and temporary construction easement on a 0.117-acre tract of land owned by Steve and…
Landowners and Pipelines Look to Legislature for Eminent Domain Reform
“The controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would take heavy crude oil from sand pits in Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas, is getting new scrutiny after an oil spill from another pipeline…
Texas Landowner to Testify Before Congress About Property Rights Abuses
“Julia Trigg Crawford, a Texas landowner fighting a legal battle with TransCanada over the rights to her family’s farm, will be in Washington on Thursday to testify in front of the Subcommittee on the Constitution…
House Bill Tackles Pipeline Companies’ Eminent Domain Powers
“This common carrier status, which means the company is carrying competitors’ products as well as its own to serve the public good, grants companies the right to take land without getting landowners’ consent. Oliveira’s House…
Ranchers, landowners talk about eminent domain
“Eminent domain, or condemnation, is a government process that can take private land for public use. In reality, the process can’t be stopped by private landowners, but at least the individual is to be compensated…
Road project takes a different turn
“Jack and Betty Parkes had planned for years to sell most of their 37.5-acre property and use the proceeds to subsidize their retirement. On the hillsides overlooking Hickory Creek and the historic Pilot Knob hill,…