If any drain is constructed in any district which crosses the right-of-way of a railroad or any corporation operating under a franchise, at any place other than at a natural depression in the earth or a watercourse, the railroad or corporation shall construct the bridge or culvert at the point where required. The expense shall be borne by the district, to be paid as part of the damages for the right-of-way in going across the railroad or corporation right-of-way and to be included in the judgment entered therefor. The railroad company or the corporation shall thereafter maintain the bridge or culvert and make any necessary changes.
Effective: October 1, 1942

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 268.540

  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Drain: includes any ditch, canal, sewer, channel, watercourse, conduit, stream, creek, river, pond, lake, bayou, sluice, or excavation used for the drainage or reclamation of wet or swampy land. See Kentucky Statutes 268.010

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 2380b-37.

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