KRS 165.070: Condemnation, purchase or gift of land.

The board of trustees of a municipal university in a city of the first class may acquire, by

purchase or gift, lands and improvements for the purpose of expanding the plant and

extending the usefulness of the university, and when unable to agree with the o wner of

land and improvements necessary for the purposes of the university may proceed to

condemn the land and improvements. The condemnation proceedings shall be conducted

in the manner provided in the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.