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Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-213 > Act-140-of-1945 > Section-213-251ACQUISITION OF OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND RIGHTS (EXCERPT)
Act 140 of 1945
213.251 Overhead and underground rights; acquisition; purposes.
Sec. 1.
Any public corporation, authority or agency of this state empowered by law to acquire private property for the laying out, establishment or development of public streets and highways within their respective jurisdictions is hereby authorized to acquire overhead and underground rights, and rights of access, air, view and light for the laying out, establishment and development of such public streets and highways. Such rights may be acquired by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation in the same manner as such public corporation, authority or agency is now or hereafter may be authorized by law to acquire property or property rights for public purposes within the scope of its powers, either separately or in conjunction with any other property right or rights, and may also be acquired for the establishment or development of limited access highways as defined and provided for by the provisions of Act No. 205 of the Public Acts of 1941.
History: 1945, Act 140, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 213.251
Compiler's Notes: For provisions of Act 205 of 1941, referred to in this section, see MCL 252.51 et seq.
