South Dakota Protect Private Property Referendum (2008)
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"Protect Private Property" was the group that supported the petition drive to put the measure on the ballot. To succeed, they needed 16,776 signatures within 90 days of when the state legislature adjourned on March 17. The group believed that SB 174 was deficient in these ways:[3]
- State government would have had 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 were considered or protected.
- An unlimited number of landowners across the entire state would have had no more power to disqualify a hearing officer than a single corporation.
- South Dakota circuit courts would have been prohibited from addressing in condemnation court cases any issue decided during the State’s administrative proceeding.
- Companies looking for land could have seized landowners’ property even before completion of the administrative process.
Status
This initiative failed to make the ballot.
Supporters
Those that supported the effort included 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
