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Bill: Eminent Domain Compensation Improvement Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Royal Socialist Party of Hulstria
Status[?]: passed
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: July 2556
Description[?]:
| With the passing of the recent Eminent Domain bill, we at the RSP find that an improvement to the compensation victims receive is needed. The government's compensation can be unfair to the victim, and the current law doesn't even allow the victim to appeal. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Eminent domain compensation (if eminent domain is legal).
Old value:: The government determines compensation for victims of eminent domain.
Current: The government determines compensation for victims of eminent domain.
Proposed: The victim of eminent domain sets compensation, government can appeal to the courts if they deem the cost too high.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:08:45, April 04, 2008 CET | From |  People's Radical Party | To | Debating the Eminent Domain Compensation Improvement Act |
| Message | Allowing the "victim" (an unfortunately loaded term) to set the compensation swings the equation far too far in the opposite direction. A third party should determine compensation, much as is the case for the execution of Eminent Domain in the first place. Either that or - the path of least change - the government's decision can be appealed. As it stands, however, an ombudsman already exists. |
| Date | 02:42:21, April 04, 2008 CET | From | Poe Party | To | Debating the Eminent Domain Compensation Improvement Act |
| Message | I agree with the PRP. We should allow a third party to choose the compensation. Having the "victim" do it is unreasonable. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 385 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 115 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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