LD 2294, Page 2 - 119th Legislature, SECOND REGULAR Session

	3.__Pipeline constructed under or through public property.__A
gas utility may construct a natural gas pipeline under or through
a public highway or street, public park or reservation or other
public property if the method, plans and specifications for
construction have been approved by the authority having
jurisdiction over the maintenance of the public highway or
street, public park or reservation or other public property and
the authority has granted a written location permit to the
corporation in accordance with section 2302.__The gas utility has
all the rights, privileges and duties arising out of section 2302
to the extent they apply to a gas utility formed under this
chapter.

4.__Pipelines constructed over or across a railroad or public
utility.__A gas utility may construct a natural gas pipeline over
or across the location of a railroad or public utility by
agreement with the railroad or public utility or, in the event of
failure to agree, with the commission's approval and in a place
and manner and under conditions determined by the commission.__
All work on the property of a railroad or public utility must be
done under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the
railroad or public utility, but at the gas utility's expense.

SUMMARY

This bill authorizes gas utilities to exercise the power of
eminent domain in the same manner and under the same conditions
as natural gas pipeline utilities.

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