South Dakota Protect Private Property Referendum (2008)
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The Protect Private Property Referendum is an effort in South Dakota to overturn Senate Bill 174 through the veto referendum process.[1] SB 174 was enacted in the 2008 legislative session.[2]
"Protect Private Property" is the group supporting the petition drive to put the measure on the ballot. To succeed, they will need 16,776 signatures within 90 days of when the state legislature adjourned on March 17.[3] The group believes that SB 174 is deficient in these ways:
- State government would have to make a final decision on an application for statewide eminent-domain authority within 90 days – no matter how complex the case and regardless of whether landowner due process rights are considered or protected.
- An unlimited number of landowners across the entire state would have no more power to disqualify a hearing officer than a single corporation.
- South Dakota circuit courts would be prohibited from addressing in condemnation court cases any issue decided during the State’s administrative proceeding.
- Companies looking for land could seize landowners’ property even before completion of the administrative process.
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Status
This initiative failed to make the ballot.
Supporters
Those supporting the effort include Paulene Staben, Jeremiah M. Murphy, and Karen Cardenas.
See also
- South Dakota
- Ballotpedia:South Dakota
- South Dakota 2008 ballot measures
- South Dakota signature requirements
- Campaign finance requirements for South Dakota ballot measures
External links
- Protect Private Property website
- Text of Petition
- Ballot issues crowd election card again, The Associated Press, March 21, 2008
