§ 11-42-105. Rights of municipal utilities and transmission companies.  


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  • No vacation of any plat or public way, or part thereof, shall operate to invalidate or impair the right of any municipal utility or regulated transmission company to continue to possess, occupy, and use that part of the public ways, utility easements, or rights-of-way existing within the affected area and occupied and used by any municipal utility or regulated transmission company for the performance of its public service undertaking.  Said easements shall be defined in any decree of vacation.  The municipal utility or regulated transmission company may maintain, replace, repair, and operate its facilities, have unrestricted ingress and egress to said locations, and remove its facilities without impairment by reason of the vacation or partial vacation of any plat or public way.

Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 72, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.