A. As a part of the cost of construction and on proper application to the department, the department shall pay to a displaced person, business or farm operation:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-7143

  • Business: means a lawful activity, except a farm operation, that is conducted primarily by or for any of the following:

    (a) The purchase, sale, lease and rental of personal and real property and the manufacture, processing or marketing of products, commodities or other personal property. See Arizona Laws 28-7141

  • Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Family: means two or more persons who are living together in the same dwelling unit and who are related to each other by blood, marriage, adoption or legal guardianship. See Arizona Laws 28-7141
  • Farm: means any lands primarily used for agriculture production. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Farm operation: means an activity conducted primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber for sale and home use, and customarily producing the products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. See Arizona Laws 28-7141
  • Person: means an individual, family, partnership, corporation or association. See Arizona Laws 28-7141
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. Actual reasonable expenses in moving the displaced person and the displaced person’s family, business, farm operation or other personal property.

2. Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not more than the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate the property as determined by the department.

3. Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm.

4. Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization or small business at its new site pursuant to criteria established by the department, but not more than $50,000.

B. A displaced person who is eligible for payments under subsection A of this section, who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection A of this section may receive an expense and dislocation allowance determined according to a schedule established by the director.

C. A displaced person who is eligible for payments under subsection A of this section, who is displaced from the person’s place of business or farm operation and who is eligible under criteria established by the department may elect to accept, instead of the payment authorized by subsection A of this section, a fixed payment in an amount that is determined according to criteria established by the department and that is at least $1,000 but not more than $40,000. A person whose sole business at the displacement dwelling is the rental of the property to others does not qualify for a payment under this subsection.