HB 25-1334

House Bill 25-1334 limits the power of certain special districts in Colorado, like metropolitan and water and sanitation districts, by preventing them from using a specific type of eminent domain called "dominant eminent domain" to take over state-owned property or property owned by cities with home rule status. This means these special districts can't force local governments or the state to sell their land against their will for projects they oversee. The bill has been signed into law, so its restrictions are now in effect.

Official Summary

Currently, the "Special District Act" (act) grants metropolitan districts and water and sanitation districts the power to have and exercise the powers of eminent domain and dominant eminent domain, but does not define these powers. The bill specifies that the powers of eminent domain and dominant eminent domain granted to metropolitan districts and water and sanitation districts in the act do not authorize the exercise of the power of dominant eminent domain to acquire state-owned property or the property of a home rule city, town, city and county, or county.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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