Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 5 of this chapter, a works board carrying out a thoroughfare plan under this chapter:

(1) has the same powers to:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-9-6.1-3

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(A) appropriate or condemn property;

(B) lay out, change, widen, straighten, or vacate public ways or public places;

(C) award and pay damages; and

(D) assess and collect benefits;

(2) shall proceed in the same manner; and

(3) is subject to the same rights of property owners, including the right to appeal;

as a works board that appropriates property under IC 32-24 and lays out, changes, widens, straightens, or vacates public ways or public places under IC 36-9-6.

As added by P.L.220-1986, SEC.30. Amended by P.L.2-2002, SEC.120.