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The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (URA) became effective January 2, 1971. By its enactment Congress created a uniform statutory scheme to deal with persons whose property is acquired for Federal or federally assisted projects and who must move their households or businesses as a result of the acquisition. Following the enactment of the URA, the legislatures in each of the 50 states responded to the Congressional initiative by enacting new or revising existing statutes relating to relocation assistance. Although these state statutes are modeled after the URA, many of them contain variations that may affect the method of calculating and the amount of benefits or the description of the classes of persons entitled to receive these benefits. Just as the various legislatures have adopted differing statutory schemes, the judiciary has issued a wide variety of opinions interpreting the URA and the state relocation laws. Today, the URA and the related state statutes set the standards which public entities must follow in dealing with persons whose property rights are being acquired for public projects. This paper explores the major legal and procedural issues which public officials may encounter in administering relocation assistance programs in connection with the acquisition of land for transportation projects.

Page range: 936-N363 through 936-N409.

Addendum 4

47 p.

1988-6

Selected Studies in Highway Law

0-309-02434-X

Appendices (1)

Highway law; Laws; Legislation; Property acquisition; Relocation assistance; States

Highways; Law; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB

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• ACQUISITION OF UNECONOMIC REMNANTS UNDER 23 U.S.C. 109(F)
• EXACTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY BY EXERCISE OF POLICE POWER
• FIRST AMENDMENT ASPECTS OF CONTROL OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
• LEGAL TECHNIQUES FOR RESERVING RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR FUTURE PROJECTS INCLUDING CORRIDOR PROTECTION
• LIABILITY FOR HIGHWAY DRAINAGE DAMAGE: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
• LOCAL PLANS AND LAND-USE CONTROLS IN RELATION TO HIGHWAYS AND THEIR USE: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
• MINERAL RIGHTS IN RIGHTS-OF-WAY: ACQUISITION, VALUATION, AND DISPOSITION
• PAYMENTS TO PUBLIC UTILITIES FOR RELOCATION OF FACILITIES IN HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
• PLANNING AND PRECONDEMNATION ACTIVITIES AS CONSTITUTING A TAKING UNDER INVERSE LAW
• RIGHTS OF ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER UPON CONVERSION OF UNCONTROLLED-ACCESS ROAD INTO LIMITED-ACCESS HIGHWAY
• SELECTED STUDIES IN HIGHWAY LAW--ADDENDUM 4
• VALUATION AND CONDEMNATION OF ADVERTISING SIGNS AND RELATED PROPERTY INTERESTS UNDER THE HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION ACT: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL