Section 36-9-6.1-3 - Works board carrying out thoroughfare plan; powers Except as provided in section 5 of this chapter, a works board carrying out a thoroughfare plan under this chapter:
(1) has the same powers to: (A) appropriate or condemn property;(B) lay out, change, widen, straighten, or vacate public ways or public places;(C) award and pay damages; and(D) assess and collect benefits;(2) shall proceed in the same manner; and(3) is subject to the same rights of property owners, including the right to appeal; as a works board that appropriates property under IC 32-24 and lays out, changes, widens, straightens, or vacates public ways or public places under IC 36-9-6.
As added by P.L. 220-1986, SEC.30. Amended by P.L. 2-2002, SEC.120.