This bill provides certain requirements that the Department of Transportation is required to meet when exercising eminent domain powers. This bill: - defines terms related to eminent domain; - requires the Department of Transportation (department) to meet certain requirements when exercising eminent domain powers, including:identification of the rights and interests being acquired, including the value assigned to each right or interest;limiting the department's ability to construct an improvement that interferes with the visibility of the owner for a certain time period;requiring just compensation before the department may obtain real property; andrequiring written certification acknowledged by the condemnee indicating that each interest acquired has been assigned a separate value; and - makes technical changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 72-5-103