§ 42-64.12-6. Permissible uses of eminent domain powers. All entities delegated eminent domain powers under the laws of this state may exercise such powers consistent with other restrictions and limitations established by law, rule, regulation, or ordinance, to acquire property for the following purposes:
(a) Providing for public ownership and use;
(b) Providing for transportation infrastructure including, but not limited to, roads, highways, bridges, and associated ramps;
(c) Providing for public utilities, including telecommunications, and for common carriers;
(d) Eliminating an identifiable public harm and/or correcting conditions adversely affecting public health, safety, morals, or welfare, including, but not limited to, the elimination and prevention of blighted and substandard areas, as defined by chapter 45-31, and correcting conditions of environmental contamination that pose a significant risk to the public health, correcting and repairing facilities, and correcting conditions from damages that result from a declared disaster;
(e) Providing good and marketable title that is free and clear of liens and encumbrances when property is to be acquired or is to be conveyed for any of the purposes set forth in subsections (a) - (d) of this section.
History of Section. (P.L. 2008, ch. 169, § 1.)
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