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Windy Boy decries House passage of other eminent domain bill

Windy Boy decries House passage of other eminent domain bill

Sen. Rowlie Hutton, R-Havre, said a bill he is sponsoring would benefit Montana by allowing it to take back land, helping development and economy.

He said his bill is not related to the bill that passed the House Wednesday, which would allow utility companies to use eminent domain to take land for building power lines.

"I have an eminent domain bill but it's not anywhere remotely tied to the one that's controversial in that arena," he said in response to a question by Havre resident Karen Sloan. "It will be controversial, but not...

 

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