The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is likewise authorized to compensate for the removal or destruction of structures or parts of them, such as dwellings, sheds, storm shelters, warehouses, garages, railways, pipings, posts, transmission lines, drinking places, stables, railings, fences, wire fences, gates, wells, cisterns and any other structure or similar thing, as well as for the destruction of any sown fields or plantations, when such removal or destruction is necessary for any work of public utility. When the amount of compensation to be paid exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), it shall be submitted to the approval of the Governor upon previous recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Justice. When the amount of compensation to be paid does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) and is greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000), it shall be submitted to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Justice. History —Dec. 10, 1975, No. 12, p. 964, § 3.
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