Sec. 32. (a) The board of directors of a public transportation corporation may exercise the power of eminent domain for the condemnation of any interest in real or personal property for use within the taxing district of the corporation.
(b) Proceedings for the condemnation of property by the board are governed by IC 32-24-1 to the extent it is not in conflict with this chapter.
(c) The board may not institute proceedings until it has adopted an ordinance generally describing the property to be acquired, declaring that the public interest and necessity require the acquisition by the corporation of the property involved, and declaring that the acquisition is necessary for the establishment, development, extension, or improvement of the system. The ordinance is conclusive evidence of the public necessity of the proposed acquisition and that the proposed acquisition is planned in a manner most compatible with the greatest public good and the least private injury.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-22 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by P.L.2-2002, SEC.119.