Except as provided in section 5 of this chapter, a works board carrying out a thoroughfare plan under this chapter:(1) has the same powers to:(A) appropriate or condemn property;(B) lay out, change, widen, straighten, or vacate public ways or public places;(C) award and pay damages; and(D) assess and collect benefits;(2) shall proceed in the same manner; and(3) is subject to the same rights of property owners, including the right to appeal;as a works board that appropriates property under IC 32-24 and lays out, changes, widens, straightens, or vacates public ways or public places under IC 36-9-6.As added by P.L.220-1986, SEC.30. Amended by P.L.2-2002, SEC.120.
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