26-518. Acquisition of real property; duties of condemning authority. Whenever federal funding is not involved, and real property is acquired by any condemning authority through negotiation in advance of a condemnation action or through a condemnation action, and which acquisition will result in the displacement of any person, the condemning authority shall:
(a) Provide the displaced person, as defined in the federal uniform relocation assistance and real property acquisition policies act of 1970, fair and reasonable relocation payments and assistance to or for displaced persons.
(b) Fair and reasonable relocation payments and assistance to or for displaced persons as provided under sections 202, 203 and 204 of the federal uniform relocation assistance and real property acquisition policies act of 1970, and amendments thereto, shall be deemed fair and reasonable relocation payments and assistance pursuant to this section.
(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude the voluntary negotiation of fair and reasonable relocation payments and assistance between the displaced person and condemning authority. If such negotiations lead to agreement between the displaced person and the condemning authority, that agreement shall be deemed fair and reasonable.
History: L. 2003, ch. 106, ยง 4; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
26-501 Eminent domain procedure; venue.
26-501a Eminent domain; limited to public use; transfer to private entity prohibited; exception.
26-501b Eminent domain; transfer to private entity authorized, when.
26-503 Eminent domain procedure; notice.
26-504 Same; findings; order appointing appraisers; duties; appeals to supreme court, when.
26-507 Same; payment of award and vesting of rights; removal of personal property; abandonment.
26-508 Appeal from award; notice to parties affected; perfection of appeal; retroactive application.
26-509 Same; assignment for trial on appeal; attorney fees, when.
26-510 Appeal from award; notice; withdrawal of payment.
26-511 Interest on final judgment.
26-512 Same; making surveys and location.
26-513 Same; compensation required for taking and damage; determination.
26-515 Same; proceedings pending prior to effective date of this act; invalidity of part.
26-517 Dispute among parties as to division of award or amount of judgment; determination by court.
26-518 Acquisition of real property; duties of condemning authority.