Sec. 3. The cost of relocation of a utility facility is a cost of highway construction and shall be paid by the state in the same manner other costs of construction of the highway are paid. All relevant books, records, and accounts of any public utility to which a payment for a relocation has been made by the state shall be audited by the Indiana department of transportation auditor and the utility, following the audit, shall refund any portion of the payment the state determines was not properly compensable.
Formerly: Acts 1961, c.112, s.3; Acts 1965, c.321, s.1. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.34; P.L.18-1990, SEC.25.