Senate Bill 485, the previously-described bill that originally would have allowed owners to simply declare their property to be an uneconomic remnant in partial take cases and that was amended to provide for separate litigation on that issue at an early stage of the condemnation case, has likely failed.  On Monday, the Civil Subcommittee of the House Courts of Justice Committee voted 5-2 to table the bill.  While the bill will not officially be dead until the full committee considers the matter, the recommendation of the subcommittee means that the bill is likely defeated.

The full committee has not yet scheduled the bill for hearing.  Once it does, the committee’s action on the bill will be reflected at the following link:  https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?ses=201&typ=bil&val=sb485.

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