Title 16 — Title 16 — City, County, State And Local Powers

Short title. This act is known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Relocation Assistance Act of 1973".

(a) Definitions. As used in this act: (i) "Agency" means any department, agency or instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state, any department, agency or instrumentality of two (2) or more political subdivisions of the state which has the authority to …

"This act" means W.S. 16-7-101 through 16-7-121. Relocation payments to displaced persons. (a) 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…

Replacement housing payments; home owners. (a) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this act, the displacing agency shall make a payment not in excess of twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($22,500.00) to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actu…

Replacement housing payment; tenants. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this act, a displacing agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling and not eligible to receive a payment under W.S. 16-7-104, providing the displace…

Relocation assistance advisory programs; services provided. (a) Programs or projects undertaken by a displacing agency shall be planned in a manner that: (i) Recognizes at an early stage in the planning of the programs or projects and before the commencement of any actions which …

Assurance of replacement housing; waiver. (a) 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 displacing agency determines that the dwellings cannot otherwise be made ava…

Assurance of replacement housing; prescription of rules, regulations and procedures by governor. (a) The governor shall adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary under federal laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to assure that: (i) The payments and ass…

Assurance of replacement housing; administration of relocation programs. In order to prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons, with the approval of the gov…

Available funds. (a) Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any state agency or unit of local government 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 act as appli…

Available funds; state financial assistance for local relocation payments and services. If an agency of any political subdivision of the state acquires real property, and state financial assistance is available to pay all or part of the cost of the acquisition of that real proper…

Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 241, § 2.

Displacement payments not considered as income for public assistance purposes. No payment received by a displaced person under this act is considered as income or as a resource for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance un…

Appeals by aggrieved persons. Any person or business concern aggrieved by a final administrative determination pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act concerning eligibility for relocation payments authorized by this act may appeal that determination to the district …

Programs with federal financing; reimbursable expenses of displaced property owner. (a) Any agency acquiring real property for a program or project for which federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project shall, as soon…

Programs with federal financing; condemnation proceedings; winning owner's reimbursable litigation expenses. If a condemnation proceeding is instituted by an agency to acquire real property for a purpose as set forth in W.S. 16-7-115, and the final judgment is that the real prope…

Programs with federal financing; inverse condemnation proceedings. If an inverse condemnation proceeding is instituted by the owner of any right, title or interest in real property because of the alleged taking of his property for any program or project for which federal financia…

Programs with federal financing; real property acquisition policies. (a) Any agency which acquires real property for a program or project for which federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project shall comply with the fo…

Programs with federal financing; buildings, structures and improvements upon acquired property; acquisition of interest; compensation therefor. (a) If any interest in real property is acquired for a program or project for which federal assistance will be available to pay all or a…

provisions. Applicability of real property acquisition This act applies only to acquisitions of real property by an agency for a program or project for which federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project, except that i…

Damages in condemnation proceedings. Nothing in this act shall be construed as creating, in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of damages not in existence on the date of enactment of this act.