125.944 Acquisition of property; condemnation; proceedings under eminent domain.
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125.944 Acquisition of property; condemnation; proceedings under eminent domain.
Sec. 4.
(1)For the accomplishment of the purposes of this act, the municipality may acquire fee simple title in real property by purchase, gift, or exchange and may acquire under this act title to blighted property by condemnation. The municipality shall then apply that blighted property acquired by condemnation under this act and other real property acquired by other means to the expressed purposes of this act.
(2)By authority of this act for blighted property, or by authority of other state law authorizing the condemnation of property for other public uses, the local legislative body may institute and prosecute proceedings under the power of eminent domain in accordance with the state constitution of 1963 and the laws of the state or provisions of any local charter relative to condemnation.
History: 1949, Act 208, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 676 , Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2007