(1) For the purposes of this section, “carbon dioxide transmission pipeline” has the same meaning as in KRS § 154.27-010.
(2) If a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline company has received a construction certificate from the Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Siting under KRS § 278.714 and is unable to contract or agree with the owner after a good-faith effort to do so, the company may condemn the lands and material for the use and occupation of the lands that are necessary for:

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 154.27-100

  • Carbon dioxide transmission pipeline: means the in-state portion of a pipeline, including appurtenant facilities, property rights, and easements, that is used exclusively for the purpose of transporting carbon dioxide to a point of sale, storage, or other carbon management applications. See Kentucky Statutes 154.27-010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: means the Commonwealth of Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 154.1-010

(a) Constructing, maintaining, utilizing, operating, and gaining access to a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline and all necessary machinery, equipment, pumping stations, appliances, and fixtures for use in connection with a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline; and
(b) Obtaining all necessary rights of ingress and egress to construct, examine, alter, repair, maintain, operate, or remove a carbon dioxide transmission pipeline and all of its component parts.
(3) The proceedings for condemnation shall be as provided in the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.
(4) Carbon dioxide transmission pipelines, and the routing, construction, maintenance, and operation of them are, as a matter of legislative determination, declared to be a public use essential to the fulfillment of the purposes of this chapter.
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011.