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NJ SCR69
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/9/2024
Primary Sponsor
Parker Space
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AI Summary
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Proposes amending the New Jersey Constitution to restrict government eminent domain powers to only "essential public purposes"
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Defines essential public purposes as: utility and transportation corridors, educational facilities, airports, correctional facilities, solid waste handling facilities, landfills, sewage treatment facilities, storm water management facilities, in-patient health facilities, and recreational facilities
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Eliminates the current constitutional provision allowing government to take private property for clearing, replanning, or redeveloping blighted areas
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Preserves the ability of private corporations to receive tax exemptions for redeveloping blighted areas, but prohibits using eminent domain for such projects
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Responds to the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London, which upheld municipal condemnation of private residences for private redevelopment
Legislative Description
Proposes Constitutional amendment to limit exercise of eminent domain to acquisition of land for essential public purposes.
Commerce
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee
1/9/2024