2016 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 11 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters
Subchapter III - General Bridge Authority
Sec. 532 - Eminent domain

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Citation 33 U.S.C. § 532 (2016)
Section Name §532. Eminent domain
Section Text

There are conferred upon any individual, his heirs, legal representatives, or assigns, any firm or corporation, its successors or assigns, or any State, political subdivision, or municipality authorized in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter to build a bridge between two or more States, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property in the respective States needed for the location, construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches, as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State.

Source Credit

(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title V, §509, 60 Stat. 849.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 11 - BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS
SUBCHAPTER III - GENERAL BRIDGE AUTHORITY
Sec. 532 - Eminent domain
Contains section 532
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 60 Stat. 849
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