California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1240.010

CA Civ Pro Code § 1240.010 (2017)  

The power of eminent domain may be exercised to acquire property only for a public use. Where the Legislature provides by statute that a use, purpose, object, or function is one for which the power of eminent domain may be exercised, such action is deemed to be a declaration by the Legislature that such use, purpose, object, or function is a public use.

(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1275.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018