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AN ACT relating to eminent domain. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 278. !2 i" amended to read a" #ollo$"% As used in this section, the terms "oil or as" and "oil and as !roducts" shall not include natural as li"uids, includin ethane, !ro!ane, butane, isobutene,

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!entane, or any combination of natural as li"uids# An& cor'oration or 'artner"(i' organi)ed #or t(e '*r'o"e o#+ and an& indi,id*al engaged in or 'ro'o"ing to engage in+ con"tr*cting+ maintaining+ or o'erating oil or ga" $ell" or 'i'eline" #or tran"'orting or deli,ering oil or ga"+ incl*ding oil and ga" 'rod*ct"+ in '*-lic "er,ice ma&+ i# it i" *na-le to contract or agree $it( t(e o$ner a#ter a good #ait( e##ort to do "o+ condemn t(e land" and material or t(e *"e and occ*'ation o# t(e land" t(at are nece""ar& #or con"tr*cting+ maintaining+ drilling+ *tili)ing+ and o'erating 'i'eline"+ *ndergro*nd oil or ga" "torage #ield"+ and $ell" gi,ing acce"" t(ereto and all nece""ar& mac(iner&+ e.*i'ment+ '*m'ing "tation"+ a''liance"+ and #i/t*re"+ incl*ding tan0" and tele'(one line"+ and ot(er comm*nication #acilitie"+ #or *"e in connection t(ere$it(+ and t(e nece""ar& rig(t" o# ingre"" and egre"" to con"tr*ct+ e/amine+ alter+ re'air+ maintain+ o'erate+ or remo,e "*c( 'i'eline" or *ndergro*nd ga" "torage #ield"+ to drill ne$ $ell" and *tili)e e/i"ting $ell" in connection t(ere$it(+ and remo,e 'i'e+ ca"ing+ e.*i'ment+ and ot(er #acilitie" relating to "*c( *ndergro*nd "torage #ield" and acce"" $ell". T(e 'roceeding" #or condemnation "(all -e a" 'ro,ided in t(e 1minent 2omain Act o# Kent*c0&.

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1 1 2 3 4 Section 2. T(e 'ro,i"ion" o# t(i" Act are (ere-& declared to -e retroacti,e to

6an*ar& 1+ 2!14+ and t(e 'ro,i"ion" o# Section 1 o# t(i" Act "(all a''l& to an& condemnation action #iled on or a#ter t(at date. Section 3. 7(erea" t(e #*ndamental rig(t o# Kent*c0ian" to remain "ec*re in

t(eir (ome" and *'on t(eir land i" 're"entl& t(reatened -& 'ri,ate+ commercial intere"t" 4 7 8 and no 8*"t ca*"e e/i"t" #or dela&+ an emergenc& i" declared to e/i"t+ and t(i" Act ta0e" e##ect *'on it" 'a""age and a''ro,al -& t(e 9o,ernor or *'on it" ot(er$i"e -ecoming a la$.