Task Force to Revise Ohio Condemnation Laws

Working pro bono, and at the behest of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Richard served on a task force created by the Ohio General Assembly to review and rewrite the state’s eminent domain laws. The task force provided testimony and written reports to certain subcommittees to review the statutory processes and constitutional parameters as to the exercise of eminent domain. Their recommendations were incorporated into the new law, known as Amended Substitute Senate Bill 7 (127th General Assembly). Senate Bill 7 serves as the structure for Ohio’s condemnation laws.