Legislative Update

Governor Perry vetoes Eminent Domain Legislation

Governor Perry's veto of eminent domain legislation is a serious wrong to every private property owner in the State of Texas. The governor’s reasoning was that the passing of this legislation would slow down and shut down needed construction projects at the expense of taxpayers.
However, the intentions of House Bill 2006 was not to prevent progress, but to protect the rights of private property owners from individuals wanting to build roads or other public-use projects without justly compensating landowners. The origination of House Bill 2006 was with the U.S. Supreme Court’s unprincipled ruling, two years ago, in a lawsuit challenging eminent domain abuse in New London, Connecticut. In Kelo v.
City of New London, the court upheld a private development corporation's right to exercise the power of eminent domain by seizing an entire neighborhood for private development. In her dissent, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said, "The specter of condemnation [now] hangs over all property. Nothing is to prevent the state from replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz-Carlton, any home with a shopping mall, or any farm with a factory."


Dennis Childers, MBA
Breeze
TMRA II State Chair
"SEPIUS EXERTUS, SEMPER FIDELIS, FRATERS INFINITAS"
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