Except as otherwise provided by this section, a municipal power agency may acquire all real or personal property that it deems necessary for carrying out the purposes of sections 453.51 to 453.62, whether in fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, by condemnation and the exercise of the power of eminent domain in accordance with chapter 117. A municipal power agency shall have no power of eminent domain with respect to any real or personal property owned by any person as part of a system, whether existing, under construction, or being planned, of facilities for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric power. The authority of a municipal power agency to acquire real or personal property by condemnation or the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall be a continuing power, and no exercise thereof shall exhaust it.
1976 c 313 s 6
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises
Chapter 453 — Municipal Electric Power
Section 453.53 — Municipal Power Agencies; Incorporation.
Section 453.54 — Municipal Power Agencies; Powers.
Section 453.55 — Bonds And Notes For Any Corporate Purpose.
Section 453.56 — Eminent Domain.
Section 453.57 — Rules And Rates.
Section 453.59 — Construction Contracts.
Section 453.60 — Authorized Investments; Security For Public Deposits.