Utah Code 57-12-8. Advisory program

(1)

Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by an agency will result in the displacement of any person after the effective date of this act, the agency shall provide a relocation assistance advisory program for displaced persons which shall offer the services prescribed in this act. If the agency determines that any person occupying property immediately adjacent to the real property acquired is caused substantial economic injury because of the acquisition, it may offer this person relocation advisory services under such program.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 57-12-8

Agency: means :

(a)	a department, division, agency, commission, board, council, committee, authority, political subdivision, or other instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state whether one or more; and

(b)

any other person whose use of the power of eminent domain results in a person becoming a displaced person. See Utah Code 57-12-3

Business: means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily:

(a)	for the purchase, sale, lease, or rental of personal or real property, and for the manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or any other personal property;

(b)	for the sale of services to the public;

(c)	by a nonprofit organization; or

(d)

for assisting in the purchase, sale, resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, personal property, or services by the erection and maintenance of an outdoor advertising display or displays, whether or not such display or displays are located on the premises on which any of the above activities are conducted. See Utah Code 57-12-3

Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association. See Utah Code 57-12-3

Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

real property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5

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 a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

(2)

Each relocation assistance program required by Subsection (1) shall include such measures, facilities, or services as may be necessary or appropriate in order:

(a)	to determine the needs of displaced persons, business concerns, and nonprofit organizations 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 information concerning programs of the federal, state, and local governments offering assistance to displaced persons and business concerns;

(d)	to assist in minimizing hardships to displaced persons in adjusting to relocation; and

(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.

Enacted by Chapter 24, 1972 General Session

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