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AL SB40
Bill
AI Summary
SB40 Summary
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Amends Section 18-1A-293 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to add requirements for the Department of Transportation in eminent domain condemnation proceedings.
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Requires the Department of Transportation to pay the condemnee's reasonable attorney, appraisal, and engineering fees when the court's final award exceeds the department's last written offer by five percent or more, excluding interest.
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Condemnee must submit a petition for an award of fees within 30 days of the court's final order, and the court shall hold a hearing to determine the award amount.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Eminent domain proceedings, costs, condemnation proceedings filed by Dept. of Transportation to reimburse condemnee's under certain conditions, Sec. 18-1A-293 am'd.
Eminent Domain
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
1/9/2018