Private operators may acquire right of way and property by donation, lease, or purchase. When necessary for the construction, alteration, addition, extension, or improvement of any project under this chapter, a public authority may acquire, subject to chapter 32-15, any real or personal property by the law of eminent domain of this state and may lease the property or right of way to a private operator.
N.D.C.C. § 48-02.1-05