KRS 80.150: Condemnation authorized -- Procedure.

If it becomes necessary to condemn property for the purpose of constructing any housing

that an authority may be permitted to acquire, establish, and operate under KRS

80.020(1), or securing rights of way leading thereto, the authority may, by resolution

reciting the need, order the condemnation of any land or improvement or interest in land,

that it deems necessary. Proceedings for the condemnation shall be in the Circuit Court of

the county in which the property lies, and shall be conducted in the name of the authority.

The city attorney shall conduct the proceedings for the authority. The judgment of the

court shall vest title in fee simple to the property condemned in the authority. In all other

respects the form and manner of the proceedings shall be th e same as that provided in the

Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky. No payment or award in any condemnation

proceedings, or for the cost or expense of the proceedings, shall be made except from

funds provided under the authority of this chapter.