Sec. 13b-280. (Formerly Sec. 16-108). Assessment of damages.

If the party by whom such changes in the highway are to be made cannot agree with the owner of land or other property to be taken or removed under such decision of the Commissioner of Transportation, the damages shall be assessed in the same manner as is provided in case of land taken by railroad companies and the expense of such assessment shall be paid in the same manner as the expense of the alterations.

(1949 Rev., S. 5493; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610.)

History: P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “public utilities commission”, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “public utilities control authority”, effective January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-108 transferred to Sec. 13b-280.

Notation

Annotations to former section 16-108:

Section gives town power to take land for change in highway. 57 C. 102. See 66 C. 222.