The House Civil Law committee approved a bill Tuesday, which the Senate already passed to forbid government from taking private property to further an economic-development project. Testifying for Senate Bill 1 were, from right to left, Reps. Peppi Bruneau, R-New Orleans, and Pete Schneider, R-Slidell, Sen. Joe McPherson, D-Woodworth, and Scott Bullock of Arlington, Va., an attorney with the Institute for Justice.
By
MARK BALLARD AND JOHN LAPLANTE
Capitol news bureau
Published: May 3, 2006
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