FEDERAL LAND GRAB, COMMUNITY CHARACTER ACT

thomas.loc.gov ^ | April 4, 2002 | L. CHAFEE, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. CLELAND, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. BAUCUS

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COMMUNITY CHARACTER ACT

THIS is a blatant land grab and control attempt by the Democrats in both the House and Senate to make it easier for federal, state, and local governments to grab off private property to use for their own purposes. If this bill, which is now wending its way yet again through the congress under a cloak of silence, passes, Eminent Domain land use will become a fly's eyelash because there will be NO restrictions on the federal, state, or local governments to prove beyond a doubt that taking anyone's personal propety is a necessity for their purposes.
This is a purely Fascist law designed to deprive US citizens of their right to have and own PRIVATE property.
Please read this bill. Understand it. Take note of its sponsors, and make your voices heard before we are taken over under dark of night

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 27, 2000
Mr. L. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. CLELAND, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. BAUCUS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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A BILL
To assist States with land use planning in order to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Community Character Act of 2000'.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--

(1) inadequate planning at the State level contributes to increased public and private capital costs for infrastructure development, loss of community character , and environmental degradation;

(2) land use planning is rightfully within the jurisdiction of State and local governments;

(3) comprehensive planning and community development should be supported by the Federal Government and State governments;

(4) States should provide a proper climate and context for planning through legislation in order for appropriate comprehensive land use planning and community development to occur;

(5) many States have outdated land use planning legislation, and many States are undertaking efforts to update and reform the legislation; and

(6) efforts to coordinate State resources with local plans require additional planning at the State level.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act :

(1) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY- The term `Federal land management agency' means the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and any other Federal land management agency that conducts land use planning for Federal land.

(2) LAND USE PLANNING LEGISLATION- The term `land use planning legislation' means a statute, regulation, executive order or other action taken by a State to guide, regulate, and assist in the planning, regulation, and management of land, natural resources, development practices, and other activities related to the pattern and scope of future land use.

(3) SECRETARY- The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

(4) STATE- The term `State' means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(5) STATE PLANNING DIRECTOR- The term `State planning director' means the State official designated by statute or by the Governor whose principal responsibility is the drafting and updating of State guide plans or guidance documents that regulate land use and infrastructure development on a statewide basis.

SEC. 4. GRANTS TO STATES FOR UPDATING LAND USE PLANNING LEGISLATION AND INTEGRATING FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND STATE PLANNING.

(a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall establish a program to provide grants to States for the purpose of assisting in--

(1) as a first priority, development or revision of land use planning legislation in States that currently have inadequate or outmoded land use planning legislation; and

(2) creation or revision of State comprehensive land use plans or plan elements in States that have updated land use planning legislation.

(b) ELIGIBILITY- To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), a State shall submit to the Secretary, in such form as the Secretary may require, an application demonstrating that the State's basic goals for land use planning legislation reform are consistent with all of the following guidelines:

(1) CITIZEN REPRESENTATION- Citizens are notified and citizen representation is required in the developing, adopting, and updating of land use plans.

(2) MULTIJURISDICTIONAL COOPERATION- In order to effectively manage the impacts of land development and to provide for resource sustainability, land use plans are created based on multi-jurisdictional governmental cooperation, when practicable, particularly in the case of land use plans based on watershed boundaries.

(3) IMPLEMENTATION ELEMENTS- Land use plans contain an implementation element that--

(A) includes a timetable for action and a definition of the respective roles and responsibilities of agencies, local governments, and other stakeholders;

(B) is consistent with State capital budget objectives; and

(C) provides the framework for decisions relating to the siting of future infrastructure development, including development of utilities and utility distribution systems.

(4) COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING- There is comprehensive planning to encourage land use plans that--

(A) promote sustainable economic development and social equity;

(B) enhance community character ;

(C) coordinate transportation, housing, education, and other infrastructure development;

(D) conserve historic resources, scenic resources, and the environment; and

(E) sustainably manage natural resources.

(5) UPDATING- Land use plans are routinely updated.

(6) STANDARDS- Land use plans reflect an approach that is consistent with established professional planning standards.

(c) USE OF GRANT FUNDS- Grant funds received by a State under subsection (a) shall be used to obtain technical assistance in--

(1) drafting land use planning legislation;

(2) research and development for land use planning programs and requirements relating to the development of State guide plans;

(3) conducting workshops, educating and consulting policy makers, and involving citizens in the planning process; and

(4) integrating State and regional concerns and land use plans with Federal land use plans.

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[BornOnTheFourth]

BUMP for a later read.

[Grampa Dave]

Now, do you think that I would dare to answer or respond to your statement about menopausal women senators?

So how is the weather in Medford today and for tomorrow?

[headsonpikes]

"So how is the weather..."

Nice 'change the subject' try, Gramps; so what do you really think about menopausal senators? lol

[RightWhale]

Private property will become obsolete under this bill.

Can't say I see the problem. There is already state and local land use planning. Is it the cooperation between the feds and the local governments that is the danger?

[headsonpikes]

"Can't say I see the problem..."

Planning(by gubmint) is Socialism. That's the problem.

[RightWhale]

Planning(by gubmint) is Socialism. That's the problem.

Sure, but what is new about this Bill? Planning has been going on since the Revolution.

[headsonpikes]

"...what is new about this bill?"

It's comprehensive, 'rational', and 'total' in its application.

This is not the normal 'ad hoc' planning crap which is normally a cover for the usual self-dealing by local and state politicos for fun and profit.

This bill provides legislative cover for virtually any seizure by stealth these b*stards try to pull. There'll be little to stop them.

[sauropod]

will forward stuff to you.

[jodorowsky]

Quinn In The Morning bump!!

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Alrighty!!!

[hedgetrimmer]

Here is the agenda 21 plan for santa cruz county agriculture:

II. Desired State

We --who??? want to maintain a viable agriculture in Santa Cruz County as a major economic sector that follows sound ecological, social and humane practices. We endorse sustainable agricultural practices that foster biologically active and living soils, protect air and water quality, and maintain our farmland base. We support educational centers and programs for increasing public understanding, appreciation, and participation in agriculture.

III. Goals for Year 2000 Santa Cruz County has many opportunities to sustain its agricultural production and marketing into the 21st century. Goals include:
A.Protect county farmland from urban development.
B.Maintain sufficient water quality and quantity.-- note: they don't mean abundant
C.Develop alternative crop protection methods to reduce pesticide use.
D.Prepare the agricultural community for the probable phase-out of the fumigant, methyl bromide.--not economically viable, see Brussels and the bulb industry
E.Secure land tenure to provide incentives for farmers to conserve natural resources. --this means FARMERS DON'T OWN THE LAND-- THE GOVERNMENT DOES
F.Development of local and direct markets.
G.Facilitate knowledge of organic farming principles and techniques to those farmers who wish to make the transition.--spread farming techniques known NOT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT POPULATION, OR ANY POPULATION GROWTH
H.Improve use of organic matter by the diversion of green material for the production of quality finished compost. -- meaning that we have to plant so much land in biomass, that there is no land for anything else, especially for humans to live on it
I.Integrate native species in production agriculture, landscaping and range land management. --grow crap that is unpalatable and uneconomical to bankrupt farmers and give people only the barely subsistance level of food production

[hedgetrimmer]

BUMP

[farmfriend]

Redwood Republic

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PA info on PA messages page. The bill on wells is the correct bill. IT is insideous, a creation of an entirely new bureaucracy to control your land and water usage, and MUST BE DEFEATED!

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/s earch/bsfullhit.htw?CiWebhitsF ile=/2001%5F0/hb2385p3347.htm& amp;CiRestriction=wells%2C%20m eters&CiHiliteType=Full&am p;CiUserParam1=%20%20HOUSE%20B ILL%202385%20P.N.%203347%20%20 &CiUserParam2=/2001%5F0&am p;CiUserParam3=N-169610-373b-1&CiUserParam4=/search/bil lsearch.htx

[WhiteyAppleseed]

Does this bill have a number?

HR2829 is another bill in Congress that is designed to require better science than the junk science that has been used time and again by the armies of the night to deny citizens the use of their land through the Endangered Species Act.

We need make a collective effort to either scrap the ESA entirely, or take it a step at a time and reform it, pull its teeth, so that it can no longer be used as the buzzsaw it is, and has been, to prune the Tree of Liberty of its protective shade.

Separation of church and state was one idea our government was founded upon. Environmentalism is the religion used by a Conglomerate of foundations, corporations, environmental whacks, and bureaucracy to deny citizens the use of their property. The complaints of citizens is often ignored. The plight of the Klamath Basin farmers is but one eample.

I could pose a canny analogy to our nation's early days in which legitimate grievances were ignored, and a crisis followed. It should be obvious to us all that we need to act in unison if we want to be heard. The question is do we care enough to do so?

This bill (number?) appears to be another case of the gradual and silent pruning of the Tree of Liberty that has been ignored for too long. The whacks can climb a tree to defend it, but few are willing to defend the Tree of Liberty.

[WhiteyAppleseed]

Found it: HR1433, the house version apparently, and S975, the senate version.