Arizona Laws 11-962. Relocation assistance advisory services
A. Programs or projects undertaken by an acquiring agency shall be planned in a manner that both:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 11-962
- Acquiring agency: means the state, any department, agency, board or commission of the state, counties, school districts, cities, towns, all municipal corporations, any other political subdivision of the state and any other person or entity with the power of eminent domain. See Arizona Laws 11-961
- Business: means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily by or for any of the following:
(a) For the purchase, sale, lease and rental of personal and real property and for the manufacture, processing or marketing of products, commodities or any other personal property. See Arizona Laws 11-961
- Displacing agency: means the state or state agency and any political subdivision or person carrying out a program or project with federal financial assistance, or with the approval of the governing body of the acquiring agency, state or local financial assistance, which causes a person to be a displaced person. See Arizona Laws 11-961
- Farm operation: means any activity conducted primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities for sale and home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. See Arizona Laws 11-961
- Person: means any individual, family, partnership, corporation or association. See Arizona Laws 11-961
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. Recognizes, at an early stage in the planning of the programs or projects and before the commencement of any actions which will cause displacements, the problems associated with the displacement of individuals, families, businesses and farm operations.
2. Provides for the resolution of problems in order to minimize adverse impacts on displaced persons and to expedite program or project advancement and completion.
B. An acquiring agency may provide that the relocation assistance advisory services described in subsection C are made available to all persons displaced by the agency. If the agency determines that a person occupying property which is immediately adjacent to the property where the displacing activity occurs is caused substantial economic injury as a result of the activity, the agency may make advisory services available to the person.
C. The relocation assistance advisory services provided by subsection B shall include such measures, facilities or services necessary or appropriate to:
1. Determine and make timely recommendations on the needs and preferences of displaced persons for relocation assistance.
2. 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. Assist a person who is displaced from a business or farm operation in obtaining and becoming established in a suitable replacement location.
4. Supply information concerning federal, state and local programs which may be of assistance to displaced persons and technical assistance to those persons in applying for assistance through the programs.
5. Provide other advisory services to displaced persons to minimize hardships to those persons in adjusting to relocation.
D. The acquiring agency shall coordinate relocation activities performed by the agency with other federal, state or local governmental actions in the community which could affect the efficient and effective delivery of relocation assistance and related services.
E. If an acquiring agency acquires property for a program or project, a person who occupies the 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.