Indiana House Bill 1301 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-13 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
Pending: House Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that the statute governing eminent domain procedures for public utilities and other corporations: (1) applies to sewer utilities; and (2) includes the authority to condemn less than a fee simple estate in land or real estate, including the authority to condemn or appropriate a new or an existing easement for a right-of-way. Provides that the authority of a municipally owned sewer utility to condemn or appropriate real property includes: (1) the authority to condemn or appropriate any real property that is needed to allow a mandatory connection to the municipality's sewer system by a property using a septic system or similar structure, regardless of whether the real property to be condemned or appropriated is the property that will be connected to the sewer system; and (2) the authority to condemn or appropriate less than a fee simple estate in real property, including the authority to condemn or appropriate a new or an existing easement for a right-of-way. Makes conforming amendments.

Eminent domain for sewer services.

Rep. Edward DeLaney [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-13		First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2011-01-13		Authored by Representative DeLaney

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1301
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1301.1.html