The department may, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, grant funds for the purpose of providing relocation benefits to persons and families of low or moderate income who are displaced, or who may be displaced if not assisted, as a result of any of the following:

(a)  Direct code enforcement activities of the department.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 50520

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Persons and families of low or moderate income: includes very low income households, as defined in Section 50105, extremely low income households, as defined in Section 50106, and lower income households as defined in Section 50079. See California Health and Safety Code 50093
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23

(b)  A disaster for which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor on or after the effective date of this section.

(c)  Fires which damage or destroy residential structures.

The department may also provide technical assistance to local agencies in providing relocation benefits, pursuant to Sections 50500 and 50509.

(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 60.)

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