§ 532. — Eminent domain.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC532]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 11--BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS
SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL BRIDGE AUTHORITY
Sec. 532. Eminent domain
There are conferred upon any individual, his heirs, legal
representatives, or assigns, any firm or corporation, its successors or
assigns, or any State, political subdivision, or municipality authorized
in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter to build a bridge
between two or more States, all such rights and powers to enter upon
lands and acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and
other property in the respective States needed for the location,
construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge and its
approaches, as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad
purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in
which such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just
compensation therefor to be ascertained and paid according to the laws
of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the
condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such
State.
(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title V, Sec. 509, 60 Stat. 849.)
