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PA SB1098
Bill
Status
12/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kristin Phillips-Hill
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AI Summary
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Condemnors must provide written notice to property owners, mortgagees, and lienholders at least 30 days before filing a declaration of taking, including property descriptions, project purpose, and explanation of condemnee rights
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Maximum reimbursement for appraisal, attorney, and engineering fees increases from $4,000 to $6,500 per property and per right/title/interest, with annual CPI adjustments beginning January 1 following enactment
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Property under conservation easements or agricultural security area designation must be valued without regard to any reduction caused by those restrictions when calculating fair market value
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Displaced businesses and farm operations may claim compensation for loss of goodwill caused by condemnation, valued as of the condemnation date, unless the acquiring agency proves the loss could have been avoided by relocating within five miles
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Contiguous or unified-use tracts in substantially identical ownership shall be assessed as one parcel, with appraisers permitted to assign different highest and best uses to separate tracts within the larger parcel
Legislative Description
In procedure to condemn, providing for advance notice to condemnee; in just compensation and measure of damages, further providing for measure of damages, for contiguous tracts and unity of use, for limited reimbursement of appraisal, attorney and engineering fees and for delay compensation; and, in special damages for displacement, further providing for moving and related expenses of displaced persons.
Last Action
Referred to State Government
12/4/2025