Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 6017 – Station grounds not to be taken by another company
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 6017
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Railroad: includes every commercial, interurban and other railway and each and every branch and extension thereof by whatsoever power operated, together with all tracks, bridges, trestles, rights-of-way, subways, tunnels, stations, depots, union depots, ferries, yards, grounds, terminals, terminal facilities, structures and equipment and all other real estate, fixtures and personal property of every kind used in connection therewith, owned, controlled, operated or managed for public use in the transportation of persons or property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 5001
- Railroad company: includes every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court owning, controlling, operating or managing any railroad for compensation within this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 5001
No railroad corporation may take the grounds occupied by any other railroad company and necessary for its use for station purposes, without its consent. When application is made to take those grounds, the Department of Transportation, upon notice and hearing, shall determine whether the land proposed to be taken is necessary or not and whether any public necessity requires it to be taken. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).