Gov. Signs Eminent Domain Bill
“Property owners facing the loss of their home or property will receive an earlier offer for JUST COMPENSATION. Currently, condemnors may not make their best offer until later in the legal process. Additionally, property owners…
Eminent Domain in Montana – The Montana House Fails Landowners
“Now that the Montana legislative session is over, here is my tally is on what landowners got out of the session regarding private property rights and specifically those rights related to merchant transmission lines: –…
Governor OKs eminent domain bill that helps landowners
“House Bill 417 was sponsored by Rep. Kelly Flynn of Townsend. It was the result of work the Republican did over two years to help out landowners angry with developments in eminent domain proceedings used…
Letter to the editor: Companies should not have rights of eminent domain
“n 2010, Montana-Alberta-Tie-Line (MATL), a Calgary-based company, tried to have a man’s land condemned to put a transmission line on his family property. The landowner won the case in district court. However, in 2011 the…
Montana Senate backs eminent domain rollback
“The Montana Legislature revisited the contentious issue of “eminent domain” Tuesday, as the state Senate voted to repeal a two-year-old law that gives private power line developers the authority to condemn property to build the…
Reject misguided bill on eminent domain
“Eminent domain, the right of a government to take, or to authorize the taking of, private property for public use with just compensation being given to the owner, is something nobody likes. It’s infuriating for…
Bill revoking eminent domain headed to Senate floor
“The U.S. portion of the Montana Alberta Tie Line in northcentral Montana is about finished, but the debate over the use of eminent domain it sparked isn’t over. In the future, developers of similar projects,…
Elimination of eminent domain clears committee
“Lawmakers voted their conscience Thursday as they debated a highly controversial eminent domain bill. Senate Bill 180 passed out of committee in a 7-6 vote, denying merchant transmission lines the right to use eminent domain,…
Eminent domain bill spurs debate over energy and property rights
“State Senator Debby Barrett (R – Dillon) is sponsoring a Senate Bill 180 which rolls back the power of eminent domain. Eminent domain is the ability for private property to be taken for public use….
Eminent domain sparks debate
“A bill that would roll back some of the eminent domain powers granted by the 2011 Montana Legislature was debated Tuesday in Helena before a packed house at the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee. Landowners…