Sec. 17. (a) A municipality, by exercising the power of eminent domain in accordance with IC 32-24 or other applicable law, may acquire property rights inside or outside its corporate boundaries as necessary for the business of a municipally owned utility.

     (b) The municipal legislative body may provide for utility lines to be laid through the municipality as the municipally owned utility requires. The municipality may use any property or property rights necessary for constructing, acquiring, operating, or protecting from injury or pollution the municipally owned utility services.

     (c) For the purpose of preserving and protecting from injury or pollution the municipal water services, the municipality may exercise its powers in areas within twenty-five (25) miles outside its corporate boundaries.

     (d) All attachments made to the utility fixtures, whether intended for public or private use, are subject to the supervision and rules of the utility for protection against abuse or destruction or the inordinate use or waste of utility services.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.74, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2002, SEC.39.