Missouri Laws 305.603 – Certain aid for displaced persons
1. Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person from a residence or business, the head of the displacing agency shall provide for the following aid for the displaced person in addition to the compensation required for the real estate:
(1) Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation, or other personal property;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 305.603
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate such property;
(3) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm; and
(4) Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization, or small business at its new site, but not to exceed ten thousand dollars.
2. Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection 1 of this section may elect to receive an expense and dislocation allowance under this subsection in lieu of the payments available under subsection 1 of this section. The expense and dislocation allowance shall be determined according to criteria and a schedule established by the United States Department of Transportation.
3. The displacing agency may provide additional relocation payments to utility facilities which incur extraordinary costs in connection with a relocation as determined by federal law and regulations of the department of transportation.