TITLE 39
Public Utilities and Carriers
CHAPTER 39-6
Railroad Companies
SECTION 39-6-32
§ 39-6-32 Disposition of abandoned
railroad property.
Whenever any railroad is granted permission to abandon any rail line by the
Interstate Commerce Commission and ceases to be used by the railroad claiming
title thereto, and within one year thereafter the head of any department,
board, bureau, commission, or agency of the state government, hereinafter
referred to as the acquiring authority, declares that in his or her opinion the
acquisition thereof will be advantageous to the establishment, construction,
development, betterment, or maintenance of any governmental facility, public
work, public improvement, or public preserve, the acquiring authority shall be
and hereby is authorized and empowered, within the limits of the appropriations
available or that shall be made available therefor, with the approval of the
governor, to acquire interests, estates, easements, and privileges in the right
of way for public use, by purchase, lease, gift, or by proceedings pursuant to
§ 39-6-33.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 9; P.L. 1992, ch. 331, § 1.)
