Farm Bureau Applauds Utah House for Turning Back Trespass Bill
(Mar 1, 2010)The Colorado Farm Bureau and other groups in opposition to House Bill 1188, the controversial “Right to Float” bill, are praising the Utah House of Representatives for killing a similar measure introduced into that body. Last Tuesday, the Utah House defeated a measure that would have given recreational water users the right to trespass on private property along streambeds, so long as they could ha...
[more] Colorado House Votes to Erode Private Property Rights
(Feb 16, 2010)The Colorado House of Representatives today voted 40-25 to further remove the private property rights of landowners and give them to special interests.
HB 1188, sponsored by Rep. Kathleen Curry (I-Gunnison) would grant river outfitters and rafting guides the r...
[more] Rep. Curry, House Judiciary Committee Sell Property Rights Down the River
(Feb 9, 2010)Rep. Kathleen Curry (D-Gunnison) and a group of legislators on the Colorado House Judiciary Committee have launched a multi-pronged attack on private property rights in Colorado. House Bill 1188, introduced by Rep. Curry and passed by the House Judiciary Committee on Monday constitutes a statutory right to trespass on private property and overturns decades of Colorado case law and state statute. <...
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