found: Work cat: Conference on Relocation (1969 : College Park, Md.). Relocation : social and economic aspects : report of a conference held October 1-3, 1969, 1970:foreword (Federal and state highway programs and urban renewal programs have recognized the problems that arise when people must be relocated because private property is taken for public purposes. These programs seek to alleviate the problems through relocation assistance. There is still lack of understanding, however, of the effects on those relocated and on the remaining neighborhoods) page 1 (Summary of conference / Kenneth E. Cook, Highway Research Board. ... Under the provisions of eminent domain, governmental and public authorities may acquire or condemn private property for public purposes. These legal provisions are postulated on the basis that the public good is more important than individual rights. ... The number of displacements caused by taking private property for public purposes increased during the past few years while the amount of adequate replacement housing decreased. Currently, the number of relocations caused by public works programs is estimated to be more than 200,000 person per year)
found: Community uprooted: eminent domain in the U.S., via WWW, Dec. 27, 2019:(Loyola University's Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) is partnering with photographer Richard Wasserman to create Community Uprooted: Eminent Domain in the U.S., an anthology of photographs and interviews that grapples with the impact of eminent domain -- past and present -- on the lives of Americans across the country -- in cities, suburbs, and in rural and farming communities. ... Eminent domain is the term for the constitutional power of a government to condemn private property, and with fair market compensation, take it for public use, with or without the consent of the owner. Projects using eminent domain vary widely in size; they can be as small as one building, or as large as a massive public works project incorporating hundreds of thousands of acres. This process can be used responsibly to encourage growth and development, but is also rife with possibilities for misuse and corruption. ... © Copyright & disclaimer 2019)
found: New Jersey. Legislature. Senate. Senate, no. 2188, State of New Jersey, 214th Legislature, introduced July 1, 2010, via WWW, Jan. 4, 2020(An Act concerning compensation paid to persons displaced by eminent domain and amending P.L.1971, c.362. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Section 4 of P.L.1971, c.362 (C.20:4-4) is amended to read as follows: 4. a. If a taking agency acquires real property for public use, it shall make fair and reasonable relocation payments to displaced persons and businesses as required by this act, for: (1) actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation, or other personal property; (2) 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 taking agency; and (3) actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm)
found: North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. House Bill 127: DOT Condemnation Changes. Date: March 25, 2015, via WWW, Jan. 4, 2020(Summary: House Bill 127 would make the following changes: 1) modify the measure of damages for [North Carolina] Department of Transportation (DOT) condemnations ... Section 5: The federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act requires relocation notices to be provided to persons displaced by eminent domain actions in certain cases. Section 5 would require the DOT to provide any written notice of relocation required under federal law together with the summons, complaint, declaration of taking and notice of deposit required to be served under G.S. 136-103(d))
found: Massachusetts. General Court. General laws, 1963, via WWW, Jan. 4, 2020pt. 1, title 13, ch. 79, page 826 (Section 1. Chapter 79 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 6 the following section: --- Section 6A. Any person lawfully occupying real property who is displaced therefrom and caused to move as a result of a taking of such property by eminent domain, shall be paid by the body politic or corporate on behalf of which the taking is made, unless other provision is made by law, the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by him, as determined by said body, in moving his personal property to another location within the commonwealth, but in no event more than the amounts permitted by the provisions of chapter seventy-nine ... )
