{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-266.130","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 266.130","heading":"Board's power to acquire property.","body":"The board of levee commissioners may enter upon, acquire, take and hold any lands or\npremises necessary and proper for locating, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging,\nextending, repairing and maintaining its line of levees, as well as for the cutting of ditches\nfor the purpose of relieving the levees and the lands adjacent thereto enlarged by sipe and\nrain water. The board may also cut and remove trees, timbers and other materials that\nmay, by falling or otherwise, encumber or endanger any levee. In case  the owners cannot\nagree with the board as to the value of any property taken under authority of this section,\nthe board may condemn the property in the manner provided in the Eminent Domain Act\nof Kentucky.","path":["KRS Chapter 266"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=12855","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:12Z","sha256":"bf0805bc05e31a3db03252418f4f7d64f38e0cd412f570b98c171854a363178f","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-266.120","next":"us-ky/krs-266.140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}