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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Government Code - GOV |
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Title 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
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Division 1. GENERAL |
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Chapter 9.7. Superconducting Super Collider |
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ARTICLE 3. Land Acquisition |
Section 8790.40.
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(a) The State Public Works Board shall select and acquire, in the name of and on behalf of the state, pursuant to Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3, the fee or any lesser right or interest, including options, in real property recommended by the commission as a site for construction of the Superconducting Super Collider project.
The board may commence the acquisition of a right or an interest in property prior to final site designation by the federal Department of Energy.
(b) Property acquired pursuant to this section for the proposal to construct the Superconducting Super Collider is acquired for a public purpose for which the state's powers of eminent domain may, when appropriate, be exercised.
For purposes of this section, necessity is established if one or both of California's designated sites for the Superconducting Super Collider project are included on the Best Qualified List compiled by the federal Department of Energy.