Iowa Code 316.7 – Relocation assistance advisory services
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1. A displacing agency shall ensure that relocation assistance advisory services are made available to all persons displaced by the displacing agency. If the displacing agency determines that a person occupying property adjacent to the real property where the displacing activity occurs, is caused substantial economic injury as a result of the displacing activity, the displacing agency may offer the person relocation assistance advisory services.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 316.7
- Displacing agency: means the state or a state agency carrying out a program or project, or any person carrying out a program or project with federal financial assistance, which causes a person to be a displaced person. See Iowa Code 316.1
- Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 316.1
- Person: includes any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint adventure, or association, and the plural as well as the singular number. See Iowa Code 321H.2
- Program: means an informal dispute settlement procedure established by a manufacturer which mediates and arbitrates motor vehicle warranty disputes arising in this state. See Iowa Code 322G.2
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. The displacing agency shall cooperate to the maximum extent feasible with federal, state, or local agencies to ensure that the displaced persons receive the maximum assistance available to them.
3. Each relocation assistance advisory program required by subsection 1 shall include such measures, facilities, or services as may be necessary or appropriate in order to comply with the provisions of the federal Uniform Relocation Act and this chapter.
4. The displacing agency shall provide other advisory services to displaced persons in order to minimize hardships to the displaced persons in adjusting to relocation.
5. The displacing agency shall coordinate relocation activities with project work, and other planned or proposed governmental actions or displacing activities in the community or nearby areas which may affect the carrying out of relocation assistance programs.