277.0 40 Person operating mine or quarry may construct railroad line, truck road, overhead conveyor or pipeline to transport material. Any person operating a mine or a stone quarry may, for the purpose of transporting material between any railroad or navigable stream and the mine or quarry, construct and operate a line of railroad, truck road, overhead conveyor, or pipeline from the mine or quarry to the most convenient and accessible point on the railroad or stream, and may, under the Eminent Domain Act of Ken tucky, condemn the land necessary for track, truck road, or supports for conveyor, or pipeline, not exceeding sixty (60) feet in width for each track, roadway, conveyor, or pipeline necessarily constructed, and the land for necessary buildings at the railr oad or stream, not exceeding two (2) acres. The owner or operator of such railroad shall be governed by the laws relating to other railroads, so far as applicable, and shall have the same rights and privileges granted to corporations owning and operating r ailroads. Effective: June 19, 1976 History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 109, effective June 19, 1976. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. ges granted to corporations owning and operating r ailroads. Effective: June 19, 1976 History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 109, effective June 19, 1976. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1954. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from K y. Stat. sec. 815.
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