Maine
LD 1870
Prohibits the use of eminent domain to condemn land used for agriculture, fishing or forestry or land improved with residential, commercial or industrial buildings, for private retail, office, commercial, industrial or residential purposes; primarily to generate additional tax revenue; or to transfer private property to another private entity. Provides a blight exception and use of land by a public utility.
Not quite. Kelo had to happen before the corridor began. No Kelo, no corridors.
Not quite. Kelo had to happen before the corridor began. No Kelo, no corridors.
THE LIMITS OF BACKLASH: ASSESSING THE POLITICAL RESPONSE TO KELO
Ilya Somin, George Mason University School of Law
March 2007
This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network at http://ssrn.com/abstract_id=976298
State Number of Effectiveness of Reform
Threatened
Takings
Florida 2,055 Effective (L & LR)
Maryland 1,110 No Reform
California 635 Ineffective (L)
New Jersey 589 No Reform
Missouri 437 Ineffective (L)
Ohio 331 Ineffective (L)
Michigan 173 Effective (L & LR)
Utah 167 Enacted Prior to Kelo
Kentucky 161 Ineffective (L)
Texas 118 Ineffective (L)
Colorado 114 Ineffective (L)
Pennsylvania 108 Effective (L)
New York 89 No Reform
Minnesota 83 Effective (L)
Rhode Island 65 No Reform
Connecticut 61 No Reform
Indiana 51 Effective (L)
Arkansas 40 No Reform
Tennessee 37 Ineffective (L)
Virginia 27 No Reform
Nevada 15 Effective (CR)
Vermont 15 Ineffective (L)
West Virginia 12 Ineffective (L)
Nebraska 11 Ineffective (L)
Arizona 10 Effective (CR)
Illinois 9 Ineffective (L)
Kansas 7 Effective (L)
South Carolina 7 Ineffective (LR)
Hawaii 5 No Reform
Massachusetts 4 No Reform
Oregon 2 Effective (CR)
Delaware 0 Ineffective (L)
Georgia 0 Effective (L & LR)
Idaho 0 Effective (L)
South Dakota 0 Effective (L)
Wyoming 0 No Reform
Alabama 0 Effective (L)
Alaska 0 Ineffective (L)
Iowa 0 Ineffective (L)
Louisiana 0 Effective (LR)
Maine 0 Ineffective (L)
Mississippi 0 No Reform
Montana 0 No Reform
New Hampshire 0 Effective (L & LR)
New Mexico 0 No Reform
North Carolina 0 Ineffective (L)
North Dakota 0 Effective (CR)
Oklahoma 0 No Reform
Washington 0 No Reform
Wisconsin 0 Ineffective (L)
L=Reform enacted by state legislature;
CR=Reform enacted by citizen-initiated referendum;
LR=Reform enacted by legislature-initiated referendum.