7. In order to reduce the total cost of the expropriation and in lieu of a provisional or final indemnity, in whole or in part, an expropriating party may, by agreement or by expropriation, acquire a dismemberment of the right of ownership for the benefit of the expropriated party’s immovable or a right of ownership in an immovable located near the immovable belonging to the expropriated party, which may be used to restore the latter’s situation.
The decision or, as applicable, the authorization provided for in the first paragraph of section 4 is not required for an acquisition by expropriation made under the first paragraph of this section.
2023, c. 272023, c. 27, s. 7.