When it is necessary for the department to own real estate for its use and it is unable to acquire the property by purchase, the department may condemn the real estate for its use and purposes in the manner set forth in the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.
KRS 196.140
Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 30, effective7/14/1992. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 344, sec. 10, effective 7/15/1982. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 88. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 24(14). -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective 10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 216aa-33.