Bill > HB475

This bill modifies Missouri's eminent domain laws for utility purposes by adding new restrictions and clarifications on property condemnation. Specifically, the bill prohibits electrical corporations from using eminent domain to construct wind or solar power generation facilities (such as wind turbines or solar panels), while still allowing these corporations to condemn property for associated infrastructure like collection lines, transmission lines, and substations needed to connect such facilities to the electrical grid. The bill maintains existing provisions that prevent public utilities from condemning property already in use by another utility service provider for the same or substantially similar purpose, with some exceptions for obtaining non-exclusive easements that do not materially impair the existing property's use. The legislation also includes a provision related to merchant transmission lines, limiting their condemnation authority unless they have a substation in Missouri capable of delivering a proportionate amount of electrical capacity to the state. Additionally, the bill specifies that inverse condemnation suits against municipal corporations must be brought in the county where the affected land is located.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Government Affairs

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB475&year=2025&code=R