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Jack Fields: “I do not see two different types of property rights in this particular piece of legislation. If you are talking about a…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1995
I do not see two different types of property rights in this particular piece of legislation. If you are talking about a developer, a developer has a right to assert their property right just as a residential homeowner. The residential homeowner, however, cannot come and assert a right against someone else's property when that property has been taken either through an endangered species designation or a wetland declaration.
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Jack Fields
Texas

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Discussing property rights in relation to legislation on endangered species and wetlands.

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