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RESOLUTION NO. 2606
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
SUPPORTING ADOPTION BY CONGRESS OF LEGISLATION
TO INSURE THAT THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL RIGHTS
OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE PROTECTED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Directors of South Tahoe Public
Utility District, County of EI Dorado, State of California, as follows:
WHEREAS, our democracy was founded on principles of ownership, use,
and control of privately owned property. These principles are embodied in the 5th
Amendment of the Constitution prohibiting the taking of private property without the
payment of just compensation; and
WHEREAS, a number of federal regulations have been implemented by
employees, agents and representatives of the federal government in a manner that
deprives private property owners of the use and control of their property; and
WHEREAS, new programs are proposed at the federal level that would
limit and restrict the use of property, the rights of property owners must be
recognized and respected; and
WHEREAS, private property owners are being forced by federal policy to
resort to extensive, lengthy, and expensive litigation to protect certain basic civil
rights guaranteed by the Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the federal government is facing over a billion dollars in
outstanding property compensation claims, and loses the majority of these cases
when litigation results; and
WHEREAS, many property owners do not have the financial resources
or the extensive commitment of time to proceed in litigation against the federal
government, a clear federal policy is needed to guide and direct federal agencies with
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WHEREAS, all private property owners should and must abide by current
nuisance laws and should not use their property in a manner that harms their
neighbors, these laws have traditionally been enacted, implemented and enforced at
the state and local levels where they are best able to protect landowners;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of
South Tahoe Public Utility District supports the adoption by the' Congress of legislation
to establish a consistent federal policy to encourage, support, and promote the private
ownership of property to insure that the Constitutional and legal rights of private
property owners are protected by the federal government, its employees, agents, and
representatives.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of South Tahoe Public
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Utility District at a duly held regular meeting on the 16th day of March, 1995, by the
following vote:
AYES:
Strohm, Mason, Wallace, Jones, Mosbacher
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Duane Wallace, President, Board of Directors
South Tahoe Public Utility District
ATTEST:
, Clerk of Bard
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