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URGENT ALERT: SB757 is Back TODAY – The Taking of Private Property

March 18, 2015 Action Alerts

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URGENT ACTION REQUIRED! Heads up!

** SB757  will be heard TODAY (Weds, March 18, 2015) at 1:30 p.m.

IN THE SENATE! **

Senators: VOTE NO on SB757

 

Private Property Owners – This Will Affect YOU!

 

The subtitle of SB757 is:

 

“TO RESTRICT THE ABILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER ENTITIES TO REGULATE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.”

 

This is the furthest from the truth! Please read both SB757 and the amendment to SB757.  You can not rely on the title or subtitle of the bill to tell you what the bill does. The subtitle of SB757 was designed to mislead the reader into believing a lie.

ALSO NOTE:  when a bill includes the wording “AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY”, this means that if the bill is passed, it would go into effect IMMEDIATELY!

It sounds like the Nancy Pelosi mentality: “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it.”  This bill does nothing to protect private property rights!  SB757 is a bad bill, and it is a restriction on Private Property Rights.  Also, this bill came from American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).  For the model legislation from ALEC, click here.

Please VOTE NO on SB757.
SB757 is an AGENDA 21 / Sustainable Development Bill.

Read the Arkansas Constitution for yourself to see that it already protects private property rights:

Article 2 Declaration of Rights

Section 22 Property Rights – Taking without just compensation prohibited.

The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction; and private property shall not be taken, appropriated or damaged for public use, without just compensation therefor.

Article 12 Municipal and Private Corporations

Section 9 – Taking of property by corporations – Compensation.

No property, nor right of way, shall be appropriated to the use of any corporation, until full compensation therefor shall be first made to the owner, in money; or first secured to him by a deposit of money; which compensation, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation, shall be ascertained by a jury of twelve men, in a court of competent jurisdiction, as shall be prescribed by law.

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Not only is SB757 a restriction to private property rights, it is against the Arkansas Constitution.

 

The following restrictions on private property are quoted directly fromSB757 from page 4 and 5:

(e)  This subchapter does not apply to:
(1)  An owner of real property if the real property is not the direct subject of the regulatory program;

(2) Laws or rules within the jurisdiction of the State Health Officer or regulatory activities of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission, or the State Plant Board under delegated or authorized programs or approved plans under federal law;

(3) An eminent domain proceeding to which the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 42 U.S.C. § 4601 et seq., as in effect on January 1, 2015, applies;

(4) An eminent domain proceeding undertaken by a governmental unit under applicable law;

(5) A lawful forfeiture or seizure of contraband under Arkansas Code, Title 5;

(6)  A lawful seizure of property as evidence of a crime or violation of law;

(7) An action, including an action of a governmental unit, that is reasonably taken to fulfill an obligation mandated by federal law or an action of a governmental unit that is reasonably taken to fulfill an obligation mandated by state law;

(8) The discontinuance or modification of a program or regulation that provides a unilateral expectation that does not rise to the level of a recognized interest in private real property;

(9) An action taken to prohibit or restrict a condition or use of private real property if the governmental entity reasonably determines that the condition or use constitutes a public or private nuisance as determined by background principles of nuisance and property law of this state;

(10) An action taken out of a reasonable good faith belief that the action is necessary to prevent an immediate threat to life or property;

(11) A rule, regulation, or proclamation adopted for the purpose of regulating water safety, hunting, fishing, or control of nonindigenous or exotic aquatic resources;

(12) An action taken by a governmental unit:
(A) To regulate construction in an area designated under law as a floodplain;

(B) To regulate onsite sewage facilities;

(C) To prevent waste of or protect rights of owners of interest in groundwater;

(D)  To prevent subsidence; or
(E)  Under its police power to make laws and regulations for the benefit of its communities;

(13) The appraisal of property for purposes of ad valorem taxation;

(14) An action that is taken in response to a threat to public health and safety that is designed to advance the health and safety purpose; or

(15) An action by a municipality unless the regulatory program has effect in the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality, excluding annexation, and that enacts or enforces a regulatory program that does not impose identical requirements or restrictions in the entire territorial jurisdiction of the municipality.

 

Also your property value has to have a reduction of 20% fair market value before you have a claim.

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Arkansas Senators: PLEASE vote NO on SB757. It’s a bad bill.

 

Secure Arkansas supporters:  Keep contacting all the Senators, please!
Tell them you want them to vote “NO” on SB757.

(Below the table are just the email addresses for all Senators, in case you’d like to copy and paste them to email all Senators at one time.)  Be sure to include your name, city/state, and daytime phone number so they will pay attention to your emails!

Please notify Secure Arkansas about the responses you receive from your legislator.

Title

Name

Phone

Email

District

Senator

Cecile Bledsoe

479-636-2115

Cecile.Bledsoe@senate.ar.gov

3

Senator

David Burnett

870-563-5667

David.Burnett@senate.ar.gov

22

Senator

Ronald Caldwell

501-682-6107

ronald.caldwell@Senate.ar.gov

23

Senator

Eddie Cheatham

870-364-5659

eddie.cheatham@senate.ar.gov

26

Senator

Linda Chesterfield

501-888-1859

lchesterfield@comcast.net

30

Senator

Alan Clark

501-262-3360

alan.clark@senate.ar.gov

13

Senator

Linda Collins-Smith

870-378-1434

Linda.Collins-Smith@senate.ar.gov

19

Senator

John Cooper

870-761-0130

john.cooper@senate.ar.gov

21

Senator

Jonathan Dismang

501-766-8220

dismang28@gmail.com

28

Senator

Joyce Elliott

501-603-9546

Joyce.Elliott@senate.ar.gov

31

Senator

Jane English

501-257-7670

jane.english@senate.ar.gov

34

Senator

Jake Files

479-648-9216

Jake.Files@Senate.ar.gov

8

Senator

Scott Flippo

870-421-3420

Scott.Flippo@senate.ar.gov

17

Senator

Stephanie Flowers

870-535-1032

Stephanie.Flowers@senate.ar.gov

25

Senator

Jim Hendren

479-787-6222

jim.hendren@senate.ar.gov

2

Senator

Bart Hester

479-531-4176

bart.hester@senate.ar.gov

1

Senator

Jimmy Hickey

870-772-4444

jimmy.hickey@senate.ar.gov

11

Senator

Jeremy Hutchinson

501-773-3760

Jeremy.Hutchinson@senate.ar.gov

33

Senator

Keith Ingram

870-735-9580

friendsforkeith@gmail.com

24

Senator

Missy Irvin

870-269-2703

Missy.Irvin@senate.ar.gov

18

Senator

David Johnson

501-682-6107

David.Johnson@senate.ar.gov

32

Senator

Blake Johnson

870-323-1766

Blake.Johnson@senate.ar.gov

20

Senator

Bryan King

870-438-4565

bryan.king@senate.ar.gov

5

Senator

Uvalde Lindsey

479-444-6752

uvalde.lindsey@senate.ar.gov

4

Senator

Bruce Maloch

870-235-7040

bruce.maloch@senate.ar.gov

12

Senator

Bobby J. Pierce

870-942-1031

bobby.pierce@senate.ar.gov

27

Senator

Jason Rapert

501-336-0918

Jason.Rapert@senate.ar.gov

35

Senator

Terry Rice

479-637-3100

Terry.Rice@senate.ar.gov

9

Senator

Bill Sample

501-624-3445

Bill.Sample@senate.ar.gov

14

Senator

David J. Sanders

501-682-6107

davidjamessanders@gmail.com

15

Senator

Gary Stubblefield

479-635-4314

gary.stubblefield@senate.ar.gov

6

Senator

Larry Teague

870-845-5303

Larry.Teague@senate.ar.gov

10

Senator

Eddie Joe Williams

501-286-9366

EddieJoe.Williams@senate.ar.gov

29

Senator

Jon Woods

479-200-3100

jon.woods@senate.ar.gov

7

Cecile.Bledsoe@senate.ar.gov
David.Burnett@senate.ar.gov
ronald.caldwell@Senate.ar.gov
eddie.cheatham@senate.ar.gov
lchesterfield@comcast.net
alan.clark@senate.ar.gov
Linda.Collins-Smith@senate.ar.gov
john.cooper@senate.ar.gov
dismang28@gmail.com
Joyce.Elliott@senate.ar.gov
jane.english@senate.ar.gov
Jake.Files@Senate.ar.gov
Scott.Flippo@senate.ar.gov
Stephanie.Flowers@senate.ar.gov
jim.hendren@senate.ar.gov
bart.hester@senate.ar.gov
jimmy.hickey@senate.ar.gov
Jeremy.Hutchinson@senate.ar.gov
friendsforkeith@gmail.com
Missy.Irvin@senate.ar.gov
David.Johnson@senate.ar.gov
Blake.Johnson@senate.ar.gov
bryan.king@senate.ar.gov
uvalde.lindsey@senate.ar.gov
bruce.maloch@senate.ar.gov
bobby.pierce@senate.ar.gov
Jason.Rapert@senate.ar.gov
Terry.Rice@senate.ar.gov
Bill.Sample@senate.ar.gov
davidjamessanders@gmail.com
gary.stubblefield@senate.ar.gov
Larry.Teague@senate.ar.gov
EddieJoe.Williams@senate.ar.gov
jon.woods@senate.ar.gov

 

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