Section 96.542 - Power of city of any class to acquire and operate artificial gas system - Acquisition of existing system(1) Any city may acquire, maintain and operate an artificial gas system, together with extensions and necessary appurtenances thereto within or without the limits of the city.(2) If any such artificial gas system is acquired from a company having a franchise, such system may be acquired under the provisions of the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky, except as otherwise provided in KRS 96.543 to 96.546 and 96.600.Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 45. -- Created 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 2.