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<br />GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES, TOGETHER WITH OTHER HISTORICAL FACTORS <br />THAT HAVE NECESSITATED GRANTS OF EMINENT DOMAIN POWERS TO <br />CERTAIN TYPES OF CORPORATIONS AND PERSONS, HAVE RESULTED IN THE <br />CODIFICATION IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES OF <br />MANY OTHER PROVISIONS THAT AUTHORIZE THE EXERCISE OF THE POWER OF <br />EMINENT DOMAIN. <br /> <br />(c) THE CODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW THAT <br />AUTHORIZE EMINENT DOMAIN IN PARTS OF THE COLORADO REVISED <br />STATUTES OTHER THAN THIS ARTICLE AND ARTICLES 2 TO 7 OF THIS TITLE <br />MAKES IT DIFFICULT IN MANY CASES FOR COLORADANS TO EASILY <br />DETERMINE, WITH RESPECT TO ANY GIVEN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, <br />CORPORATION, OR PERSON: <br /> <br />(I) WHETHER THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, CORPORATION, OR <br />PERSON MAY EXERCISE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN; AND <br /> <br />(II) THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL <br />ENTITY, CORPORATION, OR PERSON MUST COMPLY WITH IN ORDER TO <br />EXERCISE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN. <br /> <br />(d) IN ORDER TO HELP COLORADANS TO MORE EASILY DETERMINE <br />WHETHER ANY GIVEN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, CORPORATION, OR PERSON <br />MAY EXERCISE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN AND IDENTIFY THE <br />PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THE ENTITY, CORPORATION, OR PERSON <br />MUST FOLLOW IN EXERCISING THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN, IT IS <br />NECESSARY, APPROPRIATE, AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE STATE TO <br />LIST IN THIS PART 2 ALL OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, CORPORATIONS, <br />AND PERSONS THAT MAY EXERCISE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN <br />PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW AND TO CLARIFY THAT THE <br />PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE AND ARTICLES 2 TO <br />7 OF THIS TITLE APPLY TO ALL EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS. <br /> <br />( e) IN ENACTING THIS PART 2, ITJS NOT THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL <br />ASSEMBLY TO: <br /> <br />(I) REPEAL, LIMIT, OR OTHERWISE MODIFY THE AUTHORITY OF ANY <br />GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, CORPORATION, OR PERSON TO EXERCISE THE <br />POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN; <br /> <br />PAGE 3-SENATE BILL 06-154 <br />