Now That's an Amendment I can get behind.

I. The Amendment
Effective January 1, 2013, Article I,§ 11 of the Constitution of Virginia was amended as
follows (the “Amendment” [additions in bold italics and deletions in strikethrough]):
ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS
Section 11. Due process of law; obligation of contracts; taking or damaging of private property;
prohibited discrimination; jury trial in civil cases.

That no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law; that
the General Assembly shall not pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts, nor any law
whereby private property shall be taken or damaged for public uses, without just compensation,
the term "public uses" to be defined by the General Assembly; and that the right to be free from
any governmental discrimination upon the basis of religious conviction, race, color, sex, or
national origin shall not be abridged, except that the mere separation of the sexes shall not be
considered discrimination.

That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, trial by jury is
preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. The General Assembly may limit the
number of jurors for civil cases in courts of record to not less than five.

That the General Assembly shall pass no law whereby private property, the right to which is
fundamental, shall be damaged or taken except for public use. No private property shall be
damaged or taken for public use without just compensation to the owner thereof. No more
private property may be taken than necessary to achieve the stated public use. Just
compensation shall be no less than the value of the property taken, lost profits and lost access,
and damages to the residue caused by the taking.

The terms "lost profits" and "lost access"are to be defined by the General Assembly. A public service company, public service corporation, or railroad exercises the power of eminent domain for public use when such exercise is for the authorized provision of utility, common carrier, or railroad services.

In all other cases,  taking or damaging of private property is not for public use if the primary use is
for private gain, private benefit, private enterprise, increasing jobs, increasing tax revenue, or
economic development, except for the elimination of a public nuisance existing on the
property. The condemnor bears the burden of proving that the use is public, without a presumption that it is.