(1) The commission may purchase within this and any adjoining state all real property and interest in real property necessary for the construction of the bridge, upon such terms and at such prices as it considers reasonable and that can be agreed upon between it and the owner. Title shall be taken in the name of the city.
(2) No contract for the construction of the bridge exceeding the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500) shall be made without advertising for bids. The bids shall be opened publicly and an award made to the best bidder. The commission may reject any or all bids.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 181.640

  • Bridge: includes the bridge and the approaches thereto. See Kentucky Statutes 181.010
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Owner: means any person having any title or interest in lands, structures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements or other interests in land. See Kentucky Statutes 181.010
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 3235g-15.

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