§ 109 Planning and Building Act (PBG) - Principle

1. Municipalities, municipal associations, and cooperatives under cantonal law may impose contributions on interested landowners for construction, correction, operation, and maintenance costs of public works or works in the public interest. This right also extends to private utility companies supplying water and energy facilities, provided they perform a task in the public interest with the consent of the competent municipality.

2. Obligated to contribute are also owners of any kind of facilities, such as tracks, pipelines, canals, cableways, and similar structures, insofar as they are not already considered part of a piece of land.