The state transportation commission is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, condemnation, gift or easement any and all lands or property necessary for the construction, maintenance and use of a flight strip for the landing or launching of aircraft adjacent to or in the vicinity of a public highway, for the construction, maintenance and use of an airport, or any access road. The secretary is authorized to issue his voucher for the payment to the owner of any or all lands required for such purpose in the sum agreed upon with such owners or as may be determined by appraisement and, when presented with such voucher by the secretary, it is the duty of the secretary of finance and administration to issue a warrant in such amount, and the state treasurer shall pay the same out of the state road fund.
History: 1941 Comp., § 58-256, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 7, § 3; 1953 Comp., § 55-2-46; Laws 1977, ch. 247, § 167; 2003, ch. 142, § 61.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003,; substituted "state transportation commission" for "state highway commission" in the section heading and the section; and substituted "secretary" for "state highway engineer".
The 1977 amendment deleted "of " preceding "any access" near the end of the first sentence and substituted "secretary of finance and administration" for "state auditor" in the second sentence.