Authority for acquisition

Sec. 1. The authority given to the department to acquire the fee simple title to public or private real property, rights, or easements needed or reasonably necessary for a state highway includes the right to acquire real property or a right in, to, or over real property owned, held, or claimed by a city, town, township, county, school corporation or other municipal corporation, or political subdivision of the state, public corporation, instrumentality, or agency supported in whole or in part by taxation. As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.227.