North Dakota Code 54-01.1-06 – Relocation assistance advisory programs
1. Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person, the displacing agency shall provide a relocation assistance advisory program for displaced persons which shall offer the services prescribed in subsection 2. If the displacing agency determines that any person occupying property immediately adjacent to the property where the displacing activity occurs is caused substantial economic injury because of the acquisition, it may offer the person relocation advisory services under the program.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 54-01.1-06
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
2. Each relocation assistance program required by subsection 1 must include such measures, facilities, or services as may be necessary or appropriate in order:
a. To determine, and make timely recommendations on, the needs of displaced persons for relocation assistance; b. To assist owners of displaced businesses and farm operations in obtaining and becoming established in suitable business locations or replacement farms; c. To supply:
(1) Information concerning programs of the federal, state, and local governments offering assistance to displaced persons and business concerns; and
(2) Technical assistance to such persons in applying for assistance under such programs; d. To assist in minimizing hardships to displaced persons in adjusting to relocation; e. To secure, to the greatest extent practicable, the coordination of relocation activities with other project activities and other planned or proposed governmental actions in the community or nearby areas which may affect the carrying out of the relocation program; and
f. To provide current and continuing information on the availability, sales prices, and rental charges of comparable replacement dwellings for displaced homeowners and tenants and suitable locations for businesses and farm operations.
3. Programs or projects undertaken by a displacing agency must be planned in a manner that:
a. Recognizes, at an early stage in the planning of such programs or projects and before the commencement of any actions that will cause displacements, the problems associated with the displacement of individuals, families, businesses, and farm operations; and
b. Provides for the resolution of such problems in order to minimize adverse impacts on displaced persons and to expedite program or project advancement and completion.
4. Notwithstanding subsection 3 of section 54-01.1-02, in any case in which a displacing agency acquires property for a program or project, any person who occupies that property on a rental basis, for a short term or a period subject to termination when the property is needed for the program or project, is eligible for advisory services to the extent determined by the displacing agency.