Whenever the directors of an irrigation district vote to acquire and appropriate by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any water being used for power purposes, or whenever any person, firm, association, corporation, or organization seeks to acquire any water being used for power purposes and shall be unable to agree with the user of such water for power purposes upon the compensation to be paid to such power user, the procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in Chapter 76, article 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-672
Water rights; eminent domain; condemnation; procedure
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re 2007 Admin. of Appropriations (2009)
Most recently applied in 713 F. Supp. 2d 849 - Keating v. Nebraska Public Power District (May 2010)
Laws 1941, c. 138, § 2, p. 546; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 46-515; R.S.1943, § 70-672; Laws 1951, c. 101, § 108, p. 497; Laws 1981, LB 181, § 34.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.