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  • Perry kills bills on property rights, Trans-Texas Corridor

    06/16/2007 1:28:22 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 18 replies · 920+ views
    Dallas Morning News ^ | June 16, 2007 | Christy Hoppe
    AUSTIN – A property rights bill that went awry and a mandate for the Trans-Texas Corridor to follow the state's existing highway system were among the 49 bills that fell victim to Gov. Rick Perry's veto pen on Friday. Mr. Perry targeted at least two bills that he believed would open the courthouse doors to more litigation, including a bill that would have provided a greater balance in eminent domain proceedings. The bill spelled out what public land uses were acceptable in order to take private land and provided more recourse for land owners. But a provision tacked onto the...