Real Estate & Property Law

Kelo Problems in North Carolina

By Alan Ackerman

Ever since Kelo, the state legislatures have understood that if there is not a limitation placed upon property acquisition, effectively there is no limitation of any kind.  Most state legislators have now  acted, frequently via legislation or by allowing the citizens of the state to seek the relief of referenda.  In North Carolina, every year the issue arises with substantial citizen support for the limitation on private acquisitions of private property.  Yet, action is lost at the committee level, never allowing the committee to be voted on by the North Carolina Legislature.

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Over time, some issues assume a walk-on role in which they annually appear in the state House or Senate and then vanish down some committee trapdoor without a word of floor debate.

 

Full post as published by National Eminent Domain Blog on July 12, 2010 (boomark / email).