The board of trustees of a municipal university in a city of the first class may acquire, by purchase or gift, lands and improvements for the purpose of expanding the plant and extending the usefulness of the university, and when unable to agree with the owner of land and improvements necessary for the purposes of the university may proceed to condemn the land and improvements. The condemnation proceedings shall be conducted in the manner provided in the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.
KRS 165.070
Condemnation, purchase or gift of land
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Craddock v. University of Louisville (1957)
Most recently applied in Craddock v. University of Louisville (June 1957)
History: Amended 1976 Ky
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.