Section 67-3-71 - State highway and transportation department; power to acquire property for transportation systems; power of eminent domain

The state highway and transportation department may: A. acquire property by purchase, lease, donation, gift, bequest, devise or eminent domain for the purpose of construction and operation of a transportation system; and B. negotiate for the acquisition of property from any person, governmental entity, Indian tribe or Indian pueblo for the construction and operation of a transportation system. History: Laws 1997, ch. 52, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For Eminent Domain Code, see Chapter 42A, Article 1 NMSA 1978. Effective dates. — Laws 1997, ch. 52, § 10 makes the act effective July 1, 1997.