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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="8-320" title_number="8" title_name="Highways" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Acquisition and Disposition of Property">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before any property is condemned under this part, the Administration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Complete appropriate engineering and other studies; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Prepare a construction plan that shows:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The location of the highway to be constructed, improved, or reconstructed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The length of the construction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The width of the right-of-way necessary for the construction.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>After preparing the construction plan, the Administration shall prepare plats that include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The construction plan;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fee simple and easement area to be acquired, by showing:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The centerline of the construction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The length and termini of the construction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The width of the necessary right-of-way on either side of the centerline; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>According to information obtained by the Administration, the property lines of the property owners whose property will be affected by the acquisition.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>After the plats are prepared, the Administration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Make the engineering and real estate studies, evaluations, and investigations necessary to determine, in its opinion:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The fair value of the property to be acquired; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The fair compensation for any resulting damages to the remaining property of the owner;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Prepare an estimate of this fair value and fair compensation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Provide for payment of these estimated amounts as required by § 8-323 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
