Columbia County Rural Development Authority v. Hudgens

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The single issue on appeal is whether a corporation organized under the Rural Development Authority Act has the authority to exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and equipping a multi-use water supply lake.

The Columbia County Quorum Court approved Amended Ordinance No. 83-1, which recited that the county’s water supply wells for residential and industrial use were being depleted and called for an election to determine whether to adopt a 1% sales and use tax within the county in order to construct a multi-use water supply…