§6408. Standard districts; authority to acquire property; rights of eminent domain
To the extent necessary for purposes of incorporation, a standard district may take and hold any interest in real estate and personal estate.
[PL 1995, c. 616, §10 (NEW).]
1.
Purchase or lease.
A standard district may take and hold an interest in real estate or personal estate by purchase, lease or other lawful means.
[PL 1995, c. 616, §10 (NEW).]
2.
Eminent domain.
For purposes of its incorporation, a standard district may exercise the right of eminent domain as provided in chapters 65 and 67 to acquire any interest in land or water rights:
A.
For erecting and maintaining dams, plants and works, for flowage, power, pumping and supplying water through its mains;
[PL 1995, c. 616, §10 (NEW).]
B.
For reservoirs and for preserving and protecting the purity of the water and related watershed;
[PL 1995, c. 616, §10 (NEW).]
C.
For laying and maintaining aqueducts and other structures;
[PL 1995, c. 616, §10 (NEW).]
D.
For taking, distributing, discharging and disposing of water; and
[PL 1995, c. 616, §10 (NEW).]
E.
For rights-of-way or roadways to its sources of supply, dams, power stations, reservoirs, mains, aqueducts, structures and lands.
[PL 1995, c. 616, §10 (NEW).]
Except as otherwise provided by law, a standard district may not take by right of eminent domain any property or facilities of any other public utility used or acquired for future use in the performance of a public duty.
[PL 1995, c. 616, §10 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 616, §10 (NEW).