TITLE IX ACQUISITION OF LANDS BY UNITED STATES; FEDERAL AID
CHAPTER 124-A RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION
Section 124-A:3
124-A:3 Moving and Related Expenses. –
I. Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a displacing agency results in the displacement of any person, the displacing agency shall provide payment to the displaced person of:
(a) Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation, or other personal property;
(b) Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate such property, as determined by the lead agency;
(c) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm; and
(d) Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization, or small business at its new site, in accordance with criteria to be established by the lead agency, but not to exceed $100,000.
II. Any displaced person eligible for payments under paragraph I of this section who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this paragraph in lieu of the payments authorized by paragraph I of this section may receive an expense and dislocation allowance, which shall be determined according to a schedule established by the lead agency.
III. Any displaced person eligible for payments under paragraph I of this section, who is displaced from his place of business or farm operation and who is eligible under criteria established by the lead agency, may elect to accept the payment authorized by this paragraph in lieu of the payment authorized by paragraph I of this section. Such payment shall consist of a fixed payment in an amount to be determined according to criteria established by the lead agency, except that such payment shall be not less than $1,000 nor more than $20,000. A person whose sole business at the displacement dwelling is the rental of such property to others shall not qualify for payment under this paragraph.