The department is authorized to make or approve payments for all necessary relocation expenses, replacement housing expenses, relocation advisory services, expenses incident to the transfer of real property, and litigation expenses as provided for in subparagraphs (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), and (a)(2)(C) of Code Section 32-8-1 of any individual, family, business, farm operation, or nonprofit organization displaced by a state-aid highway project on the state highway system, the cost of which is now or hereafter financed in whole or in part from state funds. The department shall be guided by the policies, provisions, and limitations of the Uniform Act. The department shall not implement any relocation assistance on any state-aid projects on the state highway system without the prior concurrence of the board.
History. Code 1933, § 95A-623.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 775, § 3; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1737, § 3.
U.S. Code.
The Uniform Act, referred to in this Code section, is known as the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and is codified as 42 U.S.C. § 4601 et seq.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 32 - Highways, Bridges, and Ferries
Chapter 8 - Relocation Assistance
§ 32-8-1. Relocation Assistance in Accordance With Uniform Act; Real Property Acquisition
§ 32-8-2. Last Resort Replacement Housing for Persons Displaced by Federal-Aid Projects
§ 32-8-4. Persons Displaced by State-Aid Projects on the State Highway System