Arkansas: Eminent-domain Bill Dies in Committee
Eminent-domain Bill Dies in Committee
By Arkansas Business Staff - 2/11/2009 3:15:01 PM
A bill restricting private oil and gas companies from claiming eminent domain failed to make it out of a House committee on Wednesday.
HB1178 by Rep. Jonathan Dismang, R-Beebe, went before the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development but was killed on a 9-6 vote.
The bill clarified that a pipeline company does not have the authority to exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose of the construction or operation of a gathering line. Dismang said the purpose of the bill was to provide landowners the ability to effectively negotiate with oil companies over the location of gathering lines and well sites.
The bill is a response to the activity in the Fayetteville Shale play.
Have you been hurt by the location of gathering lines?
By Arkansas Business Staff - 2/11/2009 3:15:01 PM
A bill restricting private oil and gas companies from claiming eminent domain failed to make it out of a House committee on Wednesday.
HB1178 by Rep. Jonathan Dismang, R-Beebe, went before the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development but was killed on a 9-6 vote.
The bill clarified that a pipeline company does not have the authority to exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose of the construction or operation of a gathering line. Dismang said the purpose of the bill was to provide landowners the ability to effectively negotiate with oil companies over the location of gathering lines and well sites.
The bill is a response to the activity in the Fayetteville Shale play.
Have you been hurt by the location of gathering lines?
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