Title 54 — State Government
128 chapters · 1,241 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-01 Declaration of policy
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The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced as a direct result of programs or projects undertaken by a state agency so that displaced persons will not suffer disproportionate injuries as a result of progra…
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-02 Definitions
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As used in this chapter: 1. "Business" means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily: a. For the purchase, sale, lease, and rental of personal and real property and for the manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or any other p…
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-03 Moving and related expenses
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1. Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person, the displacing agency shall provide for the payment to the displaced person of: a. Actual, reasonable expenses in moving the displaced person and the displaced …
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-04 Replacement housing for homeowners
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1. In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, the displacing agency shall make an additional payment not in excess of twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced …
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-05 Replacement housing for tenants and certain others
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1. In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this chapter, a displacing agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under section 54-01.1-04, which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by the…
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-06 Relocation assistance advisory programs
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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…
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-07 Assurance of availability of housing
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1. If a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available and the head of the displacing agency determines that such dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the head of the displa…
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-08 Adoption of rules and regulations
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State agencies may consult with the department of commerce division of community services to establish regulations and procedures for implementation of the provisions of this chapter and to establish such regulations and procedures necessary to assure: 1. That the payments and as…
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-09 Administration
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In order to prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons, the state agency may enter into contracts with any individual, firm, association, corporation, or lim…
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-10 Fund availability
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Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any state agency for the acquisition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall also be available to carry out the provisions of this chapter as applied to that program or project. No payment or …
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-11 State participation in cost of local relocation payments and services
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If a political subdivision acquires real property, and state financial assistance is available to pay the cost, in whole or part, of the acquisition of that real property, or of the improvement for which the property is acquired, the cost to the political subdivision of providing…
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-13 Payments not to be considered as income or resources
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No payment received by a displaced person under this chapter may be considered as income or resources for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any state law, or for the purposes of the state's personal income tax l…
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-14 Appeal procedure
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Any person or business concern aggrieved by a final administrative determination pursuant to chapter 28-32 concerning eligibility for relocation payments authorized by this chapter may appeal that determination to the district court in the judicial district in which the land take…
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-15 Payments not element of condemnation damages
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Nothing in this chapter may be construed as creating, in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of value or damage not in existence prior to July 1, 1973.
N.D.C.C. § 54-01.1-16 Real property acquisition policies
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Any state agency engaged in a federally assisted program or project involving the acquisition of real property must be guided, to the greatest extent practicable under state law, by the real property acquisition policies set forth in the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Pro…