The Senate Local Government Committee heard SB 29 on eminent domain by Sen.Buck. This billincreases the compensation paid to a property owner for condemnation from fair market value to 120% of fair market value, as well as increases the amount of attorney's fees and litigation expenses that may be paid to a property owner in a condemnation action. At the January 6, 2022 meeting, … [Read more...] about Eminent domain
Small estates
On January 5, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 67 on small estates authored by Sen. Lanane. The bill increases the value of estates that may be distributed via affidavit from $50,000 to $100,000. Increases the threshold for summary procedures for unsupervised estates from $50,000 to $100,000. The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the Probate Code Study … [Read more...] about Small estates
Annexation
The Senate Local Government Committee heard SB 73 on annexation authored by Sen. Boots. This bill provides, with certain exceptions, that the following apply to annexations for which an annexation ordinance is adopted after March 31, 2022: To proceed with an annexation initiated by the municipality, the municipality must file a petition with the court signed by: (A) at least 51% … [Read more...] about Annexation
Specialized driving privileges
On January 4, 2022, the Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 124 on specialized driving privileges authored by Sen. Freeman.The bill provides that an individual subject to both an administrative license suspension and a court ordered license suspension must file a petition for specialized driving privileges in the court that ordered the suspension. … [Read more...] about Specialized driving privileges
Uniform electronic legal material act
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 131 on uniform electronic legal material act authored by Sen. Freeman. The bill implements the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, which establishes a process for certain legal materials stored electronically to be designated as official, authenticated, preserved, and made available to the public. A law librarian testified in favor of … [Read more...] about Uniform electronic legal material act