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Sen. Lois Kolkhorst Announces SB421 on Eminent Domain Reform Has Failed This Session
MAY 28, 2019 POSTED IN ARTICLES SHARE
Sen. Lois Kolkhorst announced on May 26 that her bill, SB 421, aimed at reforming the eminent domain process to protect landowners had failed. Sen. Kolkhorst issued a press release stating: “Unfortunately, SB 421 was referred to the House Committee on Land & Resource Management where its
Chairman, State Representative Tom Craddick (R-Midland), seized the legislation from its original House sponsor State Representative DeWayne Burns (R-Cleburne). Craddick then severely weakened SB 421 to the benefit of condemning authorities. The language of the House version would have turned back the clock for landowners and greatly harmed them.
Link: https://senate.texas.gov/members/d18/press/en/p20190526a.pdf
President Trump Announces New Executive Orders to Speed Up Pipeline Construction
APRIL 10, 2019 POSTED IN ARTICLES SHARE
The White House has announced the President intends to execute two new executive orders that will make it easier for the oil and gas industry to obtain permits for pipeline construction. The executive orders, which will be announced at the International Union of Operating Engineers' International Training and Education Center outside Houston, will each focus on incentivizing private investment in energy infrastructure and streamlining permitting of projects, according to a White House official.