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1.Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by a
displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person, the displacing agency
shall provide a relocation assistance advisory program for displaced persons which
shall offer the services prescribed in subsection 2. If the displacing agency determines
that any person occupying property immediately adjacent to the property where the
displacing activity occurs is caused substantial economic injury because of the
acquisition, it may offer the person relocation advisory services under the program.
2.Each relocation assistance program required by subsection 1 must include such
measures, facilities, or services as may be necessary or appropriate in order:
a.To determine, and make timely recommendations
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1. Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by a
displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person, the displacing agency
shall provide a relocation assistance advisory program for displaced persons which
shall offer the services prescribed in subsection 2. If the displacing agency determines
that any person occupying property immediately adjacent to the property where the
displacing activity occurs is caused substantial economic injury because of the
acquisition, it may offer the person relocation advisory services under the program.
2. Each relocation assistance program required by subsection 1 must include such
measures, facilities, or services as may be necessary or appropriate in order:
a. To determine, and make timely recommendations on, the needs of displaced
persons for relocation assistance;
b. To assist owners of displaced businesses and farm operations in obtaining and
becoming established in suitable business locations or replacement farms;
c. To supply:
(1) Information concerning programs of the federal, state, and local
governments offering assistance to displaced persons and business
concerns; and
(2) Technical assistance to such persons in applying for assistance under such
programs;
d. To assist in minimizing hardships to displaced persons in adjusting to relocation;
e. To secure, to the greatest extent practicable, the coordination of relocation
activities with other project activities and other planned or proposed governmental
actions in the community or nearby areas which may affect the carrying out of the
relocation program; and
f. To provide current and continuing information on the availability, sales prices, and
rental charges of comparable replacement dwellings for displaced homeowners
and tenants and suitable locations for businesses and farm operations.
3. Programs or projects undertaken by a displacing agency must be planned in a manner
that:
a. Recognizes, at an early stage in the planning of such programs or projects and
before the commencement of any actions that will cause displacements, the
problems associated with the displacement of individuals, families, businesses,
and farm operations; and
b. Provides for the resolution of such problems in order to minimize adverse impacts
on displaced persons and to expedite program or project advancement and
completion.
4. Notwithstanding subsection 3 of section 54-01.1-02, in any case in which a displacing
agency acquires property for a program or project, any person who occupies that
property on a rental basis, for a short term or a period subject to termination when the
property is needed for the program or project, is eligible for advisory services to the
extent determined by the displacing agency.