48:6-15.1. Condemnation; authority; restrictions; payment of damages Every canal utility may take and condemn pursuant to sections 48 and 49 hereof, such lands, waters and streams as may be necessary for the construction and operation of a canal. No property used by any canal in operation shall be taken, nor shall any canal be interfered with, unless the consent of the utility operating the canal shall be first obtained. The payment or tender of payment of all damages for the occupancy of all lands, whether covered by water or not, shall be made before the utility shall enter upon the premises, except for the purpose of surveying and locating the canal, unless the consent of the owner of the land be first obtained. L.1962, c. 198, s. 50.
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