THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE IOWA HOUSE AND SENATE ON EMINENT DOMAIN REMAIN APPARENT AFTER THE HOUSE PASSED A BILL WEDNESDAY THAT WOULD PREVENT SUMMIT CARBON FROM USING EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY TO SEIZE LAND ALONG ITS PROPOSED PIPELINE ROUTE.
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE STEVEN HOLT OF DENISON SAYS PEOPLE WHO DON’T WANT THE PIPELINE ON THEIR PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY NO.
NO EMDOM1 OC…….THERE FIRST.” :04
THE BILL, SIMILAR TO A LAW IN SOUTH DAKOTA, PASSED THE IOWA HOUSE 64-TO-28.
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE CHAD INGELS, A FARMER FROM RANDALIA, SAYS THE BILL WOULD BLOCK CONSTRUCTION OF THE CARBON PIPELINE, A PROJECT HE SAYS WOULD BE A PUBLIC GOOD BECAUSE IT WOULD BOOST THE BOTTOM LINE FOR FARMERS WHO SELL THEIR CORN TO MAKE ETHANOL.
NO EMDOM2 OC…….BACK AND FARM.” :17
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE BRIAN LOHSE OF BONDURANT SAYS THE IOWA AND U-S CONSTITUTIONS REQUIRE THAT LAWS APPLY EQUALLY TO ALL THOSE IMPACTED AND THAT’S WHY HE CAN’T SUPPORT THE BILL.
NO EMDOM3 OC……..YOU CAN’T.” :19
HOLT SAYS THE CARBON PIPELINE MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO SOME, BUT IT DOESN’T SERVE A PUBLIC PURPOSE.
NO EMDOM4 OC………OUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN. :16
THE BILL NOW GOES TO THE SENATE, WHERE THE REPUBLICAN LEADER HAS PROPOSED AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULD WIDEN THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR SO SUMMIT COULD GO AROUND LANDOWNERS WHO’VE REFUSED TO GRANT THE COMPANY AN EASEMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY.
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