[CPEO-MEF] South Carolina takings legislation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Governments would lose under takings legislation


By JEREMY HSIEH
Beaufort Gazette (SC)
February 16, 2007

A state study committee heard about three hours of testimony in Columbia 
on Thursday -- mostly in opposition -- to legislation that would protect 
landowners' rights at the expense of local governments' coffers.

Sixteen of about 20 speakers, including representatives of Marine Corps 
Air Station Beaufort, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce and the 
Town of Hilton Head Island, argued against so-called regulatory takings 
legislation, said Paula Benson, staff counsel for the state Senate's 
Judiciary Committee.

As outlined in a House bill introduced last year, landowners would be 
paid for property value losses caused by county or municipal actions. 
Advocates say the takings legislation protects property rights; 
opponents say it would limit land planning and the ability to enforce 
environmental rules.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/local_news/story/6371417p-5683767c.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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