ID S1044

Restricts eminent domain use in urban renewal areas to properties meeting strict standards: general dilapidation, compromised structural integrity, or failed mechanical systems that endanger life or property; conditions posing actual risk to human health, disease transmission, juvenile delinquency, or criminal activity; and actual risk of harm to public health, safety, morals, or general welfare.

Prohibits eminent domain for trails, paths, greenways, and other non-motorized recreational ways unless adjacent to an existing highway, road, or street.

Requires urban renewal agency boards comprised entirely of elected officials to exercise eminent domain authority; boards with appointed commissioners may only act in advisory capacity with final decisions made by the local governing body.

Provides that all property of an urban renewal agency reverts to the municipality upon dissolution of the agency.

Makes condemnation rationale freely reviewable in judicial proceedings and allows evidence of unlawful property conditions and code violations to be admissible in compensation assessments.