76-147. Land acquisition by state board of regents and certain other state boards; eminent domain, when. (a) For the purpose of acquiring lands, easements or interests in land on which to erect buildings or for laying and maintaining water mains, sewers, roads, or for any other purpose necessary to properly maintain and carry on any state institution or business thereof, the state board of regents, or any other board or commission in charge of any state institution, may purchase or condemn such lands, easements or interests in land.
(b) If such lands, easements or interests in land are acquired by condemnation, the procedure followed shall be that prescribed in chapter 26 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.
(c) If such lands, easements or interests in land are acquired by purchase, any such board or commission shall first obtain appraisals by two (2) competent real estate appraisers of the property to be purchased. The appraisals obtained shall remain confidential until the purchase transaction is completed. The purchase price shall not exceed the appraised value as determined above.
History: R.S. 1923, 76-147; L. 1967, ch. 469, § 1; July 1.
Source or prior law:
L. 1881, ch. 46, § 1.
Cross References to Related Sections:
Eminent domain procedure act, see 26-501 through 26-517.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Purchase of site for asylum; duties of certain state boards. Hornaday v. The State, 62 Kan.822, 823, 828, 62 P. 329.
2. Act not repealed by L. 1891, ch. 160. Hornaday v. The State, 63 Kan.499, 502, 65 P. 656.
3. Boards of trustees acquire lands by condemnation, not by purchase. Hornaday v. The State, 63 Kan.499, 502, 65 P. 656.
4. Board of regents may acquire land by condemnation only. Murray v. State Board of Regents, 194 Kan.686, 689, 401 P.2d 898.
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