Ohio Code 5521.06 – Purchase or appropriation of property by board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation
Where the board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, under authority of sections 5521.02 and 5521.03 of the Revised Code, co-operate with the department of transportation, said board or municipal authority may purchase or appropriate such property as is needed, or pay damages, in the establishment, construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, widening, maintenance, repair, or preservation of state highways, including the bridges, culverts, and viaducts thereon, and the approaches thereto, and may purchase or appropriate the right to make waste dumps, borrow pits, and to relocate, alter, widen, clean out, deepen, straighten, or change the channel of any watercourse necessary for any of the above purposes, and the board or municipal authority shall follow the procedure specified for the director of transportation as set out in section 5501.31 and sections 5519.01 to 5519.04 of the Revised Code.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5521.06
- 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.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59