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Bill: Eminent Domain Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Socialist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2449
Description[?]:
| Private property should be respected, but private property rights does not cancel out all other considerations. Sometimes it can be necessary to force a land owner to sell his property for the sake of the greater public interest - for instance when building infrastructure. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent Domain.
Old value:: The government may not seize private property.
Current: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Proposed: The government may seize private property for vital government works.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:41:09, September 01, 2007 CET | From |  Scientific Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Eminent Domain Bill |
| Message | No. |
| Date | 03:09:10, September 01, 2007 CET | From | United Democrats of Jakania | To | Debating the Eminent Domain Bill |
| Message | Opposed |
| Date | 06:21:55, September 01, 2007 CET | From | World Wrestling Federation | To | Debating the Eminent Domain Bill |
| Message | This is "Progressive" ??? OOooooh no Black Suit Jabroni is gonna take the Hulkster's property! |
| Date | 01:28:02, September 02, 2007 CET | From | Progressive Socialist Party | To | Debating the Eminent Domain Bill |
| Message | This bill does not provide government with the right to seize any property. Government will only be able to seize property for the benefit of vital public works. Furthermore current legislation already compels government to pay a compensation set by the victim of the expropriation. The PSP can not see any problem with that. But we can see a problem with the current legislation where one single landowner can halt the construction of vital infrastructure that would have been to the benefit of the entire nation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 19 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 149 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 40 |
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