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.:' " (a) THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN ALLOWS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE, COUNTIES, CITIES AND COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND VARIOUS OTHER TYPES OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO CONDEMN PROPERTY WHEN NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC USE AND ALLOWS INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND CORPORATIONS TO CONDEMN PROPERTY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN CONDEMNATION IS NECESSARY TO CREATE A PRIVATE WAY OF NECESSITY OR TO ALLOW BENEFICIAL USE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY. (b) ALTHOUGH BOTH THE STATE CONSTITUTION AND STATE STATUTES REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF JUST COMPENSATION TO ANY PERSON WHOSE PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED, THE EXERCISE OFTHE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN NONETHELESS SUBST ANTIALL Y IMPACTS FUNDAMENT ALPROPERTY RIGHTS. (c) BECAUSE OF THIS SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT, IT IS NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE TO ENSURE THAT COLORADANS CAN EASILY DETERMINE WHICH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, CORPORATIONS, AND OTHER PERSONS MAY EXERCISE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN AND TO FURTHER ENSURE THAT COLORADANS CAN EASILY IDENTIFY THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ENTITIES, CORPORATIONS, AND OTHER PERSONS MUST FOLLOW WHEN EXERCISING THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN. (2) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FURTHER FINDS AND DECLARES THAT: (a) IN ADDITION TO COUNTIES, CITIES AND COUNTIES, AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT SERVE AS GENERAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE, THE GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE OF THE STATE INCLUDES A WIDE VARIETY OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS, AUTHORITIES, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT SERVE LIMITED GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES, SOME OF WHICH MA Y EXERCISE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN. (b) ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW THAT AUTHORIZE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, INDNIDUALS, AND CORPORATIONS TO EXERCISE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN AND PRESCRIBE PROCEDURES THAT GOVERN THE EXERCISE OF THAT POWER ARE CONCENTRATED IN THIS ARTICLE AND IN ARTICLES 2 TO 7 OF THIS TITLE, THE PROLIFERATION THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS, AUTHORITIES, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT SERVE LIMITED PAGE 2-SENATE BILL 06-154