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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="17-213" title_number="17" title_name="Powers and Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Use of Property">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If in the Commission’s judgment it is necessary to provide for flood control in the metropolitan district, the Commission may condemn land and easements necessary in the construction of levees and other flood control works.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The condemnation proceedings shall be in accordance with the general powers provided in this division.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commission may assume all damages incident to any flood control works or improvements that it finds necessary to construct, except damages to land and easements of railroads or other public utilities.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Commission may agree to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>furnish, without cost to the United States, all land and easements that may be necessary in the construction of any flood control works or improvements; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>take over, operate, and maintain the works when constructed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission may use for park purposes the land acquired for flood control and navigation projects as provided in Title 25, Subtitle 7 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
