Indiana § 8-5-15-15 - Eminent domain; relocation assistance; properties in public use
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§ 8-5-15-15. Eminent domain; relocation assistance; properties in public use
Sec. 15. (a) The board may exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose of carrying out this chapter and award damages to landowners for real estate and property rights appropriated and taken. If the board cannot agree with the owners, lessees, or occupants of any real estate selected by the board for the purpose set forth in this chapter, the board may proceed to procure the condemnation of the property under IC 32-24.
(b) Relocation assistance under IC 8-23-17 shall be provided to any person displaced under this section.
(c) If the property over and across which the railroad must be constructed and must operate is already in use or acquired for use for a public purpose, the public use or acquisition of the property is not a bar to the right of the board to condemn the property for the purpose of this chapter.
As added by P.L.64-1984, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.18-1990, SEC.67; P.L.2-2002, SEC.42.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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