31-19-42. Acquisition of fee ownership in real estate where uneconomic remnants of land would result or severance damages would be less economical. Any first or second class municipality, county, township, or other governmental agency may acquire by gift, devise, or purchase, a fee ownership in real estate including right-of-way, for the construction and maintenance of the municipal, county, or township highway system, for the functional operation of the municipality, county, or township, and where, in relation to right-of-way acquisition, uneconomic remnants of land would be left to the original owner or where severance damages to a remainder make the acquisition of the entire tract or parcel more economical to the municipality or county. The Department of Transportation may acquire by gift, devise, or purchase, a fee ownership in real estate including right-of-way, for the construction and maintenance of the state highway system, for the functional operation of the department, and where, in relation to right-of-way acquisition, uneconomic remnants of land would be left to the original owner or where severance damages to a remainder make the acquisition of the entire tract or parcel more economical to the state. The department may not acquire fee ownership in right-of-way taken by condemnation proceedings.
Source: SL 1961, ch 145, § 1; SL 1967, ch 116; SL 1983, ch 226, § 1; SL 1986, ch 238, § 1; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2010, ch 148, § 1.
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