Works board carrying out thoroughfare plan; powers
Ind. Code § 36-9-6.1-3
in effectSec. 3. Except as provided in section 5 of this chapter, a works board carrying out a thoroughfare plan under this chapter:
(1) has the same powers to:
(A) appropriate or condemn property;
(B) lay out, change, widen, straighten, or vacate public ways or public places;
(C) award and pay damages; and
(D) assess and collect benefits;
(2) shall proceed in the same manner; and
(3) is subject to the same rights of property owners, including the right to appeal;
as a works board that appropriates property under IC 32-24 and lays out, changes, widens, straightens, or vacates public ways or public places under IC 36-9-6.
As added by P.L.220-1986, SEC.30. Amended by P.L.2-2002, SEC.120.
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