The purpose of the Regional Railroad Authorities Act is to provide a means whereby one or more municipalities, with state and federal aids as may be available, may provide for the preservation and improvement of local rail service for agriculture, industry, or passenger traffic and provide for the preservation of abandoned rail right-of-way for future transportation uses, when determined to be practicable and necessary for the public welfare, particularly in the case of abandonment of local rail lines.
Minn. Stat. § 398A.02
PURPOSE.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Angell v. Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority (1998)
Most recently applied in Angell v. Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority (May 1998)
1980 c 616 s 2; 1983 c 326 s 11; 1989 c 299 s 10
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.