§ 504 - Petition for hearing to determine necessity
§ 504. Petition for hearing to determine necessity
Upon completion of the survey the agency may petition a superior judge, setting forth in the petition that it proposes to acquire certain land, or rights in land, and describing the lands or rights, and the survey shall be attached to the petition and made a part of the petition. The petition shall set forth the purposes for which the land or rights are desired, and shall contain a request that the judge fix a time and place when he or she, or some other superior judge, will hear all parties concerned and determine whether the taking is necessary. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 21.)