Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                         CHAPTER 83-S.F.No. 628 
           An act relating to eminent domain; providing for 
          relocation benefits for displaced persons; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 117.52, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 117.52, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [LACK OF FEDERAL FUNDING.] In all 
acquisitions undertaken by any acquiring authority and in all 
voluntary rehabilitation carried out by a person pursuant to 
acquisition or as a consequence thereof, in which, due to the 
lack of federal financial participation, relocation assistance, 
services, payments and benefits under the Uniform Relocation 
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 
United States Code, title 42, sections 4601 to 4655, as amended 
by the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance 
Act of 1987, Statutes at Large, volume 101, pages 246 to 256 
(1987), are not available, the acquiring authority, as a cost of 
acquisition, shall provide all relocation assistance, services, 
payments and benefits required by the Uniform Relocation 
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 
as amended by the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation 
Assistance Act of 1987, and those regulations adopted pursuant 
thereto, and either (1) in effect as of July 1, 1988, or (2) 
becoming effective after July 1, 1988, following a public 
hearing and comment.  Comments received by an acquiring 
authority within 30 days after the public hearing must be 
reviewed and a written response provided to the individual or 
organization who initiated the comment.  The response and 
comments may be addressed in another public hearing by the 
acquiring authority before approval. 
     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Presented to the governor May 5, 1989 
    Signed by the governor May 9, 1989, 1:34 p.m.