2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 278 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 278.540 Acquisition of right-of-way by telephone or telegraph company -- Condemnation.
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278.540 Acquisition of right-of-way by telephone or telegraph company -Condemnation.
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Any telephone company or telegraph company authorized to do business in this
state shall, upon making just compensation, have the right to construct, maintain
and operate its lines through any public lands of this state and on, across and along
any public road, and across and under any navigable waters, but not in such a
manner as to interfere with travel on the road or to obstruct the navigation of the
waters.
Any telephone company authorized to do business in this state may, by contract
with any person, construct, maintain and operate telephone lines on and across the
real property of that person, and if it cannot obtain the right-of-way by contract it
may, except as provided in KRS 416.090, condemn the right-of-way in the manner
provided in the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.
Any telegraph company authorized to do business in this state that desires to
construct, operate and maintain its lines on or along the right-of-way and structure
of any railroad may, through an authorized agent, contract with the railroad
company for that right.
The parts of this section relating to the rights of telephone companies do not apply
to any city.
Effective: June 19, 1976
History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 113, effective June 19, 1976. -Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
secs. 4679c-1, 4679c-2, 4679d-1, 4679d-2, 4679d-3.
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