Nebraska Statutes 39-8,101. Interstate bridges; acquisition and disposal of property; power of department
The department shall have the power and authority to acquire any land, real or personal property, or any easement or interest therein, which may be necessary or desirable for interstate bridge purposes, and to sell, convey, and dispose of the same, if it shall no longer be needed, in the same manner provided for state highways by subsection (3) of section 39-1320 and sections 39-1321 to 39-1323, 39-1325, and 39-1326 ; Provided, that the acquisition by the department, through purchase, condemnation, or gift, of any part of any boundary line bridge or boundary line toll bridge, and the land, real or personal property, or any easement or interest therein, necessary thereto, shall be accomplished in the manner provided by sections 39-8,116 to 39-8,118.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 39-8,101
- Acquire: when used in connection with a grant of power or property right to any person shall include the purchase, grant, gift, devise, bequest, and obtaining by eminent domain. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Boundary line bridge: shall mean any bridge upon which no toll, fee, or other consideration is charged for passage thereon and which connects the state highway systems of the State of Nebraska and an adjoining state in the same manner as an interstate bridge. See Nebraska Statutes 39-892
- Boundary line toll bridge: shall mean any boundary line bridge upon which a fee, toll, or other consideration is charged traffic for the use thereof. See Nebraska Statutes 39-892
- Department: shall mean the Department of Transportation. See Nebraska Statutes 39-892
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Interstate bridge: shall mean the right-of-way, approaches, bridge structure, and highway necessary to form a passageway for highway traffic over the boundary line of the State of Nebraska from a point within the State of Nebraska to a point within an adjoining state for the purpose of spanning any obstruction or obstructions which would otherwise hinder the free and safe flow of traffic between such points, such bridge being a part of the state highway system with title vested in the State of Nebraska or in the State of Nebraska and an adjoining state jointly. See Nebraska Statutes 39-892
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801