(1) Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person, the head of the displacing agency shall provide for the payment to the displaced person of:

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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 76-1228

  • Agency: shall mean (1) any department, agency, or instrumentality of (a) the State of Nebraska, (b) any political subdivision of the State of Nebraska, (c) any combination of states which includes the State of Nebraska, (d) any combination of political subdivisions, either of the State of Nebraska alone or of the State of Nebraska and any other state or states acting in combination, and (2) any person who has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under state law. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1217
  • Business: shall mean any lawful activity, except a farm operation, conducted primarily (1) for the purchase, sale, lease, or rental of personal or real property or for the manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or any other personal property, (2) for the sale of services to the public, (3) by a nonprofit organization, or (4) solely for the purposes of sections 76-1228 to 76-1230, for the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising displays, whether or not such displays are located on the premises on which any of the other activities defined as business are conducted. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1219
  • Displacing agency: shall mean (1) any agency carrying out a publicly financed project which causes an individual to become a displaced person and (2) any person lacking the power of eminent domain who carries out a publicly financed project when that project causes an individual to be a displaced person. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1222
  • Farm operation: shall mean any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1223
  • Lead agency: shall mean the Nebraska Department of Transportation. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1224
  • Person: shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1226
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(a) Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself or herself and his or her family, business, farm operation, or other personal property;

(b) 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, as determined by the head of the agency;

(c) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm; and

(d) Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish at its new site a displaced farm, nonprofit organization, or small business as defined by criteria established by the lead agency which are consistent with regulations adopted and promulgated by the United States Department of Transportation under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 42 U.S.C. § 4601 et seq., as amended, but not to exceed ten thousand dollars.

(2) The lead agency may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations establishing a reasonable maximum payment under subdivision (1)(c) of this section which are consistent with regulations adopted by the United States Department of Transportation under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 42 U.S.C. § 4601 et seq., as amended.