Bill Text: IN SB0115 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipeline.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-02-02 - First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Energy, Technology and Utilities [SB0115 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SB0115-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 32-24.
Synopsis: Eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipeline. Permits an
entity authorized to transport carbon dioxide by pipeline to acquire real
property by eminent domain.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and
Civil Matters.
January 21, 2010, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
January 25, 2010, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
property.
(1) For agricultural land:
(A) either:
(i) payment to the owner equal to one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the fair market value of the parcel as determined under IC 32-24-1; or
(ii) upon the request of the owner and if the owner and condemnor both agree, transfer to the owner of an ownership interest in agricultural land that is equal in acreage to the parcel acquired through the exercise of eminent domain;
(B) payment of any other damages determined under IC 32-24-1 and any loss incurred in a trade or business that is
attributable to the exercise of eminent domain; and
(C) payment of the owner's relocation costs, if any.
(2) For a parcel of real property occupied by the owner as a
residence:
(A) payment to the owner equal to one hundred fifty percent
(150%) of the fair market value of the parcel as determined
under IC 32-24-1;
(B) payment of any other damages determined under
IC 32-24-1 and any loss incurred in a trade or business that is
attributable to the exercise of eminent domain; and
(C) payment of the owner's relocation costs, if any.
(3) For a parcel of real property not described in subdivision (1)
or (2):
(A) payment to the owner equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the fair market value of the parcel as determined
under IC 32-24-1;
(B) payment of any other damages determined under
IC 32-24-1 and any loss incurred in a trade or business that is
attributable to the exercise of eminent domain; and
(C) payment of the owner's relocation costs, if any.
Chapter 8. Eminent Domain for Transportation of Carbon Dioxide by Pipeline
Sec. 1. Because the transportation of carbon dioxide by pipeline in Indiana for sequestration, enhanced oil recovery, and other purposes can:
(1) assist efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from:
(A) the generation of electricity; and
(B) the manufacture of gas using coal; and
(2) promote economic development in Indiana;
the transportation of carbon dioxide by pipeline in Indiana is declared to be a public use and service, in the public interest, and a benefit to the welfare of Indiana and the people of Indiana.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "carbon dioxide" means a fluid consisting of more than ninety percent (90%) carbon dioxide molecules compressed to a supercritical state.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "pipeline" means all parts of physical facilities through which carbon dioxide can move in transportation, including the following:
(1) Pipe.
(2) Valves and other appurtenances attached to pipe.
(3) Compressor units.
(4) Metering stations.
(5) Regulator stations.
(6) Delivery stations.
(7) Holders.
(8) Fabricated assemblies.
The term excludes motor vehicles of all kinds.
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "transportation" means the physical movement of carbon dioxide by pipeline conducted for:
(1) a person's own use or account; or
(2) the use or account of another person or persons.
Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to any of the following that is authorized to do business in Indiana and is authorized to transport carbon dioxide by pipeline:
(1) A person.
(2) A firm.
(3) A partnership.
(4) A limited liability company.
(5) A corporation.
(b) An entity described in subsection (a) may take, acquire, condemn, and appropriate any of the following to accomplish the transportation of carbon dioxide by pipeline:
(1) Land.
(2) Real estate.
(3) Any permanent or temporary interest in land or real estate.
(c) An entity to which subsection (b) applies has all accommodations, rights, and privileges necessary to accomplish the use for which the property is taken.
Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the taking, acquisition, condemnation, and appropriation authorized by this chapter must be made under IC 32-24-1.
(b) An entity that exercises its right under section 5(b) of this chapter shall:
(1) compensate the owner of the land, real estate, or interest (including an interest in retrievable mineral rights) in the manner that a condemnor is required to compensate the owner of a parcel of real property under IC 32-24-4.5-8(1)(A), IC 32-24-4.5-8(2)(A), or IC 32-24-4.5-8(3)(A); and
(2) pay the owner's relocation costs (as defined in IC 32-24-4.5-6), if any.
