General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 147
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 383
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
SEN. BERTHEL, 32nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN
PROPERTIES TAKEN BY EMINENT DOMAIN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That chapter 238 of the general statutes be amended to require the
2 Commissioner of Transportation to consider the potential value of all
3 permitted uses of a private property being taken for state use under the
4 applicable zoning regulations in calculating the reimbursement for such
5 property and that such calculation shall be retroactive to any properties
6 condemned by the Department of Transportation commencing on July
7 1, 2018.
Statement of Purpose:
To adequately compensate property owners when their land is taken by
eminent domain.
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