Public utilities
Sec. 1. (a) A person, firm, partnership, limited liability company,
or corporation authorized to do business in Indiana and authorized to:
(1) furnish, supply, transmit, transport or distribute electrical
energy, gas, oil, petroleum, water, heat, steam, hydraulic power,
or communications by telegraph or telephone to the public or to
any town or city; or
(2) construct, maintain or operate turnpikes, toll bridges, canals,
public landings, wharves, ferries, dams, aqueducts, street
railways, or interurban railways for the use of the public or for
the use of any town or city;
may take, acquire, condemn, and appropriate land, real estate, or any
interest in the land or real estate.
(b) A person described in subsection (a) has all accommodations,
rights, and privileges necessary to accomplish the use for which the
property is taken. A person acting under subsection (a) may use
acquired, condemned, or appropriated land to construct railroad
siding, switch, or industrial tracks connecting its plant or facilities
with the tracks of any common carrier.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.9.
Last modified: May 24, 2006