Section 11-24-4
Chapter not to impair utilities right of eminent domain, etc.
This chapter shall not be construed to impair the right of eminent domain granted heretofore or hereafter by the laws of this state to utilities, whether public or private, or their right to exercise authority conferred by statutes, franchises, certificates of convenience and necessity, licenses, or easements.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-553, p. 1002, §4.)