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It’s time to repeal Minn. Stat. 117.189 — by exempting public service corporations from many eminent domain laws, it gives utilities unfair advantage over landowners, and takes away the constitutional rights of landowners.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s got to go!<\/p>\n
Senate File 1112<\/a> and House File 1182<\/a> were introduced Monday and are on the way to Senate Judiciary and House Gov Ops.<\/p>\n Here’s the bill — it’s the repealer at the end that’s important:<\/p>\n 1.1\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 A bill for an act 1.6\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 117.225, is amended to read: 1.15\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Sec. 2. REPEALER. What to do?\u00c2\u00a0 Call or email every member<\/span> of the Senate Judiciary Committee and House Gov Ops Committee and tell them to support SF1112 and HF1182!<\/strong><\/p>\n Here is the link to their contact info:<\/p>\n Members of Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a><\/p>\n Members of House Gov Ops Committee<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you’re so inclined, get thee to the Capital, get thee to the SOB, and stop by and let them know in person!\u00c2\u00a0 Bring a simple one page handout urging their support of HF1182 and SF 1112, explaining why it’s important to you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s time to repeal Minn. Stat. 117.189 — by exempting public service corporations from many eminent domain laws, it gives utilities unfair advantage over landowners, and takes away the constitutional rights of landowners.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s got to go! Senate File 1112 …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":536,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1.2\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 relating to eminent domain; repealing certain exemptions for public service
\n1.3\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 corporations;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 117.225; repealing
\n1.4\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 117.189.
\n1.5\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<\/p>\n
\n1.7\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 117.225 EASEMENT DISCHARGE.
\n1.8\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Whenever claiming that an easement acquired by condemnation is not being used
\n1.9\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 for the purposes for which it was acquired, the underlying fee owner may apply to the
\n1.10\u00c2\u00a0 district court of the county in which the land is situated for an order discharging the
\n1.11\u00c2\u00a0 easement, upon such terms as are just and equitable. Due notice of said application shall
\n1.12\u00c2\u00a0 be given to all interested parties. Provided, however, this section shall not apply to<\/span>
\n1.13\u00c2\u00a0 easements acquired by condemnation by a public service corporation now or hereafter<\/span>
\n1.14\u00c2\u00a0 doing business in the state of Minnesota.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n1.16\u00c2\u00a0 Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 117.189, is repealed.<\/p>\n