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23 §244-B. Replacement housing for tenants and certain others

§244-B. Replacement housing for tenants and certain others In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this subchapter, the department shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under section 244‑A which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by the displaced person for not […]

23 §244-C. Assurance of availability of housing

§244-C. Assurance of availability of housing 1.  Expenditures for replacement dwellings.  If a program or project undertaken by the department cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available, and the department determines that those dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the department may take such action as is necessary or […]

23 §245. Administration

§245. Administration The department shall carry out the functions of this subchapter either with its personnel or through any federal, state or municipal agency having an established organization for conducting relocation assistance programs; and is authorized and empowered to make all contracts and do all things necessary to fulfill the intent and purposes of this […]

23 §245-A. Hardship

§245-A. Hardship If the department deems a hardship case exists, it may make any payment authorized by this subchapter in whole or in part to the displaced person affected in advance of moving, conveying or other acquisition of title or possession by the State.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, […]

23 §245-B. Guidelines and rules

§245-B. Guidelines and rules The department may adopt guidelines and procedures, or promulgate rules consistent with this subchapter as it determines necessary or appropriate to carry out this subchapter and to include the standards of “decent, safe and sanitary.”   [PL 1989, c. 208, §§18, 21 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 333, §1 (NEW). […]

23 §246. Appeal

§246. Appeal 1.  State Claims Commission.  If the department is unable to negotiate any payment authorized under section 244, subsection 1, paragraph A, or section 244‑A, subsection 1, at what it deems to be a reasonable amount, either the department or the displaced person, or both, may apply to the State Claims Commission in writing […]

23 §247. Limitation

§247. Limitation Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed as creating in any eminent domain proceeding an element of damages not in existence on the date of enactment hereof.   [PL 1971, c. 333, §1 (NEW).] Any payments authorized under this subchapter and received by a displaced person shall not be considered income for […]

23 §241. Purpose

§241. Purpose The prompt and equitable relocation and reestablishment of persons, businesses, farm operations and nonprofit organizations displaced as a result of state or state aid highway projects are necessary to insure that a few individuals do not suffer disproportionate injuries as a result of programs designed for the benefit of the public as a […]