The president and directors of any corporation organized for the purpose of constructing, maintaining or operating public works, or their properly authorized agents, may enter upon any lands, public or private, necessary to the business contemplated in the charter, and may appropriate the same, or may take from any land most convenient to their work, any timber, stone, earth or other material which may be necessary for the construction and the keeping in repair of its works and improvements upon making due compensation according to law to private owners.
Fla. Stat. § 361.01
Eminent domain
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 245 So. 2d 209 - Seadade Industries, Inc. v. Florida Power & Light Co. (1971)
Most recently applied in 245 So. 2d 209 - Seadade Industries, Inc. v. Florida Power & Light Co. (February 1971)
History.--s. 10, ch. 1639, 1868; RS 2158; GS 2683; RGS 4111; CGL 6042.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.