Bill Text: CA SB940 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: High-Speed Rail Authority: eminent domain: right of first refusal.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 169, Statutes of 2016. [SB940 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB940-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 940	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vidak

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2016

   An act relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 940, as introduced, Vidak. High-Speed Rail Authority: eminent
domain: right of first refusal.
   Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified
powers, including the power to acquire rights-of-way through purchase
or eminent domain, and duties relating to the development and
implementation of an intercity high-speed rail system. Existing law,
pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act
for the 21st Century, authorizes $9.95 billion in general obligation
bonds for high-speed rail development and other related purposes.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish a right of first refusal for
landowners to reacquire land that was taken for high-speed rail
through eminent domain, if the land is later determined to not be
necessary for high-speed rail.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish a right of first refusal for a
landowner to reacquire land that was taken for high-speed rail
through eminent domain, if the land is later determined to not be
necessary for high-speed rail.