§ 960. Entry authorized
The commissioner of the department of environmental conservation or his authorized agents may enter upon any real estate at reasonable times and places for the purpose of making surveys or other investigations under this section and sections 952(b), 953, 957-959 and 961 of this title. The owners of damaged real estate may recover for damages sustained by reason of the preliminary entry authorized by this section in an action at law against the commissioner. (1966, No. 27 (Sp. Sess.), § 6, eff. March 12, 1966; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 22; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)