KRS 197.030: Department may contract for construction of railroads on penitentiary

property.

The Department of Corrections may enter into a contract with any railroad company for

the construction of railroad switches, sidetracks, or spurs into the yards of the

penitentiaries of the state, and may sell and convey rights -of-way owned by the state to

any railroad company, and may grant rights -of-way to railroads across any penitentiary

property of the state.