Section 11-8-50 - Eminent domain power for urban renewal--Property devoted to prior public use.
11-8-50. Eminent domain power for urban renewal--Property devoted to prior public use. A municipality shall have the right to acquire by condemnation any interest in real property, including a fee simple title thereto, which it may deem necessary for or in connection with an urban renewal project and related activities under this chapter. A municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in chapter 21-35, or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner now or which may be hereafter provided by any other statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner; provided, that no real property belonging to the United States, the state, or any political subdivision of the state, may be acquired without its consent.
Source: SL 1966, ch 149, § 9.