A municipality shall have the right to acquire by condemnation any interest in real property, including a fee simple title thereto, which it may deem necessary for or in connection with a municipal housing project under this chapter. A municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in chapter 6B, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner now or which may be hereafter provided by any other statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner: Provided, that no real property belonging to the state, or any political subdivision thereof, may be acquired without its consent, provided further that no real property or any right or interest therein owned by any public utility company, pipeline company, railway or transportation company vested with the right of eminent domain under the laws of this state, shall be acquired without the consent of such company, or without first securing, after due notice to such company and after hearing, a certificate authorizing condemnation of such property from the board, commission or body having the authority to grant a certificate authorizing condemnation.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 403A.20]
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