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SENATE BILL NO. 1152 – Condemnation, hwy relocatn assistnc

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S1152................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
CONDEMNATION - Amends and repeals existing law relating to condemnation to
remove and revise definitions; to revise the powers and duties of the Idaho
Transportation Board relating to rule promulgation; to revise legislative
findings; to revise terminology; to revise provisions applicable to the
federal Uniform Relocation Assistance Act; and to repeal the chapter
relating to highway relocation assistance.
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2005
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1152
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO CONDEMNATION; AMENDING SECTION 40-102, IDAHO CODE, TO REMOVE DEFI-
  3        NITIONS FOR "AGENCY" AND "AVERAGE ANNUAL NET EARNINGS";  AMENDING  SECTION
  4        40-103, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE A DEFINITION; AMENDING SECTION 40-105, IDAHO
  5        CODE,  TO  REMOVE  A  DEFINITION  FOR "DISPLACED PERSON"; AMENDING SECTION
  6        40-312, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE IDAHO TRANSPOR-
  7        TATION BOARD RELATING TO RULE PROMULGATION AND TO MAKE  TECHNICAL  CORREC-
  8        TIONS;  AMENDING  SECTION 40-2001, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION,
  9        TO REVISE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND TO DEFINE "DISPLACED PERSON";  AMENDING
 10        SECTION  40-2002, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION, TO REVISE TERMI-
 11        NOLOGY AND TO PROVIDE A REFERENCE TO  PUBLIC  PROJECTS;  AMENDING  SECTION
 12        40-2003, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE TERMINOLOGY;
 13        AMENDING  SECTION  40-2004,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  REDESIGNATE THE SECTION, TO
 14        REVISE TERMINOLOGY, TO DEFINE A TERM AND TO REVISE CODE REFERENCES; AMEND-
 15        ING SECTION 40-2005, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION,  TO  REVISE
 16        TERMINOLOGY AND TO REVISE CODE REFERENCES; AMENDING SECTION 40-2006, IDAHO
 17        CODE,  TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE TERMINOLOGY; AMENDING SEC-
 18        TION 40-2007, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE  TERMI-
 19        NOLOGY;  AMENDING SECTION 40-2008, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION,
 20        TO REVISE TERMINOLOGY AND TO REVISE A  CODE  REFERENCE;  AMENDING  SECTION
 21        40-2009, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION; AMENDING SECTION 40-2010,
 22        IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE TERMINOLOGY; AMENDING
 23        SECTION  40-2011, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION; AMENDING SECTION
 24        40-2012, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO  REVISE  PROVISIONS
 25        APPLICABLE TO THE FEDERAL UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT; AMENDING SEC-
 26        TION  40-2013, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE TERMI-
 27        NOLOGY; REPEALING CHAPTER 20, TITLE 40, IDAHO CODE,  RELATING  TO  HIGHWAY
 28        RELOCATION ASSISTANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
 29    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 30        SECTION  1.  That  Section  40-102, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 31    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 32        40-102.  DEFINITIONS -- A.
 33        (1)  "Activities, commercial or industrial." (See "Unzoned  commercial  or
 34    industrial areas," section 40-122, Idaho Code)
 35        (2)  "Advertising business, outdoor." (See "Outdoor advertising business,"
 36    section 40-116, Idaho Code)
 37        (3)  "Advertising display" means advertising structures and signs.
 38        (4)  "Advertising  structure(s)"  or "structure(s)" or "sign(s)" means any
 39    thing designed, intended or used to advertise or inform.  "Advertising  struc-
 40    ture" or "sign" does not include:
 41        (a)  Official notices issued by any court or public body or officer.
 42        (b)  Notices  posted by any public officer in performance of a public duty
 43        or by any person in giving legal notice.
                                                                        
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  1        (c)  Directional, warning or information structures required by or  autho-
  2        rized  by law, informational or directional signs regarding telephone ser-
  3        vice, emergency telephone signs, buried or underground cable  markers  and
  4        above cable closures.
  5        (d)  An  official  or  public structure erected near a city or county, and
  6        within its territorial or zoning jurisdiction, which contains the name  of
  7        the  city  or  county,  provided  the  same is maintained wholly at public
  8        expense. Where a city has been bypassed, but    remains  within  five  (5)
  9        miles  of  an interstate highway or primary freeway, the Idaho transporta-
 10        tion board, in its discretion, may grant the city the right to  erect  and
 11        maintain  a billboard displaying the name of the city at a location not to
 12        exceed one (1) mile from an interchange primarily serving that city. Bill-
 13        boards erected must be at locations consistent with department regulations
 14        and safety standards.
 15        (5)  "Agency," as applied to highway relocation assistance as provided  by
 16    chapter  20, title 40, Idaho Code, means any subdivision or entity of state or
 17    local government in the state of Idaho authorized by  law  to  engage  in  any
 18    highway  program  or  perform  any highway project in which the acquisition of
 19    real property may result in the displacement of any person.
 20        (6)  "Areas, commercial or industrial, unzoned." (See "Unzoned  commercial
 21    or industrial areas," section 40-122, Idaho Code)
 22        (76)  "Areas, urban." (See "Urban areas," section 40-122, Idaho Code)
 23        (87)  "Automobile  graveyard" means any establishment or place of business
 24    which is maintained, used, or operated, for storing, keeping, buying, or sell-
 25    ing wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or  motor  vehicle
 26    parts.
 27        (9)  "Average  annual  net earnings," for the purposes of section 40-2004,
 28    Idaho Code, mean one-half (1/2) of any net earnings of the  business  or  farm
 29    operations,  before  federal, state and local income taxes, during the two (2)
 30    taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year in which the business  or
 31    farm  operation moves from the real property acquired for the project, or dur-
 32    ing any other period as the agency determines to be more equitable for  estab-
 33    lishing  the  earnings,  and includes any compensation paid by the business or
 34    farm operation to the owner, his spouse, or his dependents during the two  (2)
 35    year period, or any other period as determined by the agency.
                                                                        
 36        SECTION  2.  That  Section  40-103, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 37    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 38        40-103.  DEFINITIONS -- B.
 39        (1)  "Board" means the Idaho transportation board.
 40        (2)  "Business" means any lawful activity,  excepting  a  farm  operation,
 41    conducted primarily for:
 42        (a)  Tthe  purchase,  resale,  lease  and  rental  of  personal  and  real
 43        property, and for;
 44        (b)  Tthe  manufacture,  processing or marketing of products, commodities,
 45        or other personal property; for or
 46        (c)  Tthe sale of services to the public.; or solely for  the  purpose  of
 47        section  40-2004(1),  Idaho  Code,  for  assisting  in the purchase, sale,
 48        resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing  of  products,  commodities,
 49        personal  property, or services by the erection and maintenance of an out-
 50        door advertising display or displays, whether or not displays are  located
 51        on the premises on which any of the activities are conducted.
                                                                        
 52        SECTION  3.  That  Section  40-105, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
                                                                        
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  1    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  2        40-105.  DEFINITIONS -- D.
  3        (1)  "Department" means the Idaho transportation department.
  4        (2)  "Director" means the director of the Idaho transportation department.
  5        (3)  "Displaced person" means any individual,  family,  business  or  farm
  6    operation  which moves from real property or moves personal property from real
  7    property acquired for a program or project of a  state  or  local  agency,  in
  8    whole  or  in part, or as the result of a written order of an acquiring agency
  9    to vacate real property for a program or project of a state or  local  agency,
 10    and,  solely for the purposes of section 40-2004, Idaho Code, as a result of a
 11    written order of an acquiring agency to vacate other real property, on which a
 12    person conducts a business or farm operation, for a program or project of  any
 13    state or local agency.
 14        (4)  "Dump"  means  any  place  or area, not operated as a business, where
 15    junk is deposited, stored or kept.
                                                                        
 16        SECTION 4.  That Section 40-312, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 17    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 18        40-312.  POWERS AND DUTIES -- RULES. AND REGULATIONS. The board shall:
 19        (1)  Prescribe rules and regulations affecting state highways and turnpike
 20    projects, and enforce compliance with those rules. and regulations.
 21        (2)  Establish  rules  and  regulations  for the expenditure of all moneys
 22    appropriated or allotted by law to the department  or  the  board.  The  board
 23    shall  cooperate with the counties and highway districts in the expenditure of
 24    funds and shall establish a uniform system of accounting in the expenditure of
 25    moneys and a uniform method for allocation of funds, by counties  and  highway
 26    districts  as  shall be necessary in the construction and maintenance of high-
 27    ways by counties and districts in cooperation with the state  and  the  United
 28    States,  or  either,  but  the initiatory power of expenditure of any of those
 29    moneys shall rest with the county or district  in  which  expenditure  of  the
 30    moneys mentioned is to be made.
 31        (3)  Make reasonable regulations rules for the installation, construction,
 32    maintenance,  repair,  renewal  and relocation of facilities of any utility or
 33    communication transmitting entity, in, on, along,  over,  across,  through  or
 34    under  any  project  on the federal-aid primary or secondary systems or on the
 35    interstate system, including extensions within urban areas. Whenever the board
 36    shall determine, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that it  is  neces-
 37    sary  that  any facilities which now are, or hereafter may be, located in, on,
 38    along, over, across, through or under any  federal-aid  primary  or  secondary
 39    system  or  on the interstate system, including extensions within urban areas,
 40    should be relocated, the utility owning  or  operating  the  facilities  shall
 41    relocate  them in accordance with the order of the board. In case of any relo-
 42    cation of facilities, the utility owning or operating the facilities, its suc-
 43    cessors or assigns, may maintain and operate the facilities, with  the  neces-
 44    sary appurtenances, in the new location or locations.
 45        (4)  Prescribe  and enforce regulations rules for the erection and mainte-
 46    nance of advertising structures permitted by sections  40-1909,  40-1913,  and
 47    40-1914,  Idaho Code, designed to protect the safety of the users of the high-
 48    way and otherwise to achieve the objectives  set  forth  in  section  40-1903,
 49    Idaho  Code,  and  consistent  with the national policy set forth in 23 U.S.C.
 50    section 131, title 23, United States Code, and the national standards  promul-
 51    gated  by  the  secretary  of transportation. The board shall not prescribe or
 52    enforce rules or regulations that are more restrictive than  those  authorized
                                                                        
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  1    under  23  U.S.C.  section  131, title 23, United States Code. Proceedings for
  2    review of any action taken by the board pursuant  to  this  section  shall  be
  3    instituted under the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.
  4        (5)  Prescribe  rules and regulations to implement the provisions of chap-
  5    ter 20, title 40, Idaho Code, and other  rules  and  regulations  relating  to
  6    relocation  assistance  as  may  be  necessary under existing federal laws and
  7    rules and regulations promulgated  thereunder.  Rules  and  regulations  shall
  8    include provisions relating to:
  9        (a)  Standards for decent, safe and sanitary dwellings;
 10        (b)  Eligibility  of displaced persons for relocation assistance payments,
 11        procedural methods whereby persons may make application for and claim pay-
 12        ments and the amounts of them; and
 13        (c)  Other rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of chapter
 14        20, title 40, Idaho Code, as are considered necessary  or  appropriate  to
 15        carry out the provisions of that chapter.
 16        (6)  Establish by rule a statewide comprehensive plan for public transpor-
 17    tation.
 18        (6)  Prescribe  rules  and  regulations  to  encourage the use of recycled
 19    materials in highway construction and repair projects.
                                                                        
 20        SECTION 5.  That Section 40-2001, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 21    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 22        40-2001 7-722.  RELOCATION AID FOR PERSONS DISPLACED BY PUBLIC PROGRAMS --
 23    LEGISLATIVE  FINDING  --  DEFINITION.  (1)  The legislature finds and declares
 24    that the prompt and equitable relocation and reestablishment of persons, fami-
 25    lies, businesses, farmers, and nonprofit organizations displaced as  a  result
 26    of  any state or local governmental program or project necessitating condemna-
 27    tion is a necessary purpose, is a cost of those programs and projects and is a
 28    public purpose. In order to insure that individuals do not  suffer  dispropor-
 29    tionate  injuries as a result of programs designed for the benefit of the pub-
 30    lic as a whole the legislature declares that relocation payments  and  reloca-
 31    tion  advisory  assistance  shall  be  provided to all persons so displaced in
 32    accordance with the terms and provisions of this chapter.  and  rules  promul-
 33    gated by the board.
 34        (2)  The  legislature  finds and declares that rent supplement or purchase
 35    assistance payments to tenants and  relocation  payments  to  owner-occupants,
 36    businesses,  and farmers in accordance with the provisions of this chapter are
 37    a public purpose and are necessary to enable all displaced persons  to  obtain
 38    decent,  safe,  and  sanitary  dwellings. The legislature further declares the
 39    provisions of this chapter section and sections  7-723  through  7-734,  Idaho
 40    Code, may be applicable applied to all programs.
 41        (3)  As used in this section and sections 7-723 through 7-734, Idaho Code,
 42    "displaced  person"  means  any individual, family, business or farm operation
 43    which moves from real property or moves personal property from  real  property
 44    acquired  for  a  public  program  or  project, in whole or in part, or as the
 45    result of a written order of a condemnor to vacate real property for a  public
 46    program or project, and, solely for the purposes of section 7-725, Idaho Code,
 47    as  a  result of a written order of a condemnor to vacate other real property,
 48    on which a person conducts a business or farm operation, for a public  program
 49    or project.
                                                                        
 50        SECTION  6.  That  Section 40-2002, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 51    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
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  1        40-2002 7-723.  RELOCATION ADVISORY ASSISTANCE. Any  agency  condemnor  is
  2    authorized,  as  a part of the cost of any program or project, to give reloca-
  3    tion advisory assistance to any individual, family, business or farm operation
  4    displaced because of the acquisition of real property for any public  project.
  5    If  any agency condemnor determines that any person occupying property immedi-
  6    ately adjacent to the real property acquired has been caused substantial  eco-
  7    nomic  injury  because of the acquisition, it shall offer him relocation advi-
  8    sory services.
                                                                        
  9        SECTION 7.  That Section 40-2003, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        40-2003  7-724.  LOCAL  RELOCATION ADVISORY ASSISTANCE OFFICES. Any agency
 12    condemnor may, as a part of the cost of any public program or project,  estab-
 13    lish  a  local  relocation  advisory  assistance office or agency to assist in
 14    obtaining relocation facilities for individuals, families and businesses which
 15    must relocate because of the acquisition of right-of-way for any project.
                                                                        
 16        SECTION 8.  That Section 40-2004, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 17    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 18        40-2004  7-725.  RELOCATION  EXPENSE  --  COMPENSATION OPTIONS -- LIMIT OF
 19    COMPENSATION FOR BUSINESS OR FARM RELOCATIONS. (1) As a part of  the  cost  of
 20    any public program or project, any agency condemnor using any funds for public
 21    purposes  shall  compensate  a  displaced person for his actual and reasonable
 22    expense in moving himself,  family,  business  or  farm  operation,  including
 23    moving  personal  property,  and for any actual direct losses of tangible per-
 24    sonal property as the result of moving or discontinuing  a  business  or  farm
 25    operation,  but  not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that
 26    would have been required to relocate the property, as determined by the agency
 27    condemnor, and for actual reasonable expenses in searching for  a  replacement
 28    business  or  farm.  However,  the compensation authorized by this section for
 29    actual and reasonable moving expenses, actual direct losses of  tangible  per-
 30    sonal  property,  and expenses in searching for a replacement farm or business
 31    shall be limited to relocating a displaced person, family,  business  or  farm
 32    operation  within  a reasonable distance from the location previously occupied
 33    and from which the displaced person has been required to move.
 34        (2)  Any displaced person who moves from a dwelling who elects  to  accept
 35    the  payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized
 36    by subsection (1) of this section shall receive a  moving  expense  allowance,
 37    determined  according  to  regulations and schedules established by the agency
 38    condemnor, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300), and in addition a  dis-
 39    location allowance of two hundred dollars ($200).
 40        (3)  Any  displaced  person who moves or discontinues his business or farm
 41    operation who elects to accept the payment authorized by  this  subsection  in
 42    lieu  of  the  payment  authorized  by  subsection  (1) of this section, shall
 43    receive a fixed relocation payment in an amount equal to  the  average  annual
 44    net  earnings of the business or farm operation, except that the payment shall
 45    not be less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) nor more than  ten
 46    thousand  dollars  ($10,000).  In  the case of a business, no payment shall be
 47    made under this subsection unless the agency condemnor is satisfied  that  the
 48    business  cannot  be relocated without a substantial loss of patronage, and is
 49    not a part of a commercial enterprise having at least one (1) other establish-
 50    ment not being acquired which is engaged in the same or  similar business.  In
 51    addition  to  the  other  requirements of this chapter, to be eligible for the
                                                                        
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  1    payment authorized by this subsection the business or farm operation must make
  2    its financial statements, accounting records, and  state  income  tax  returns
  3    available  to the agency condemnor for audit for confidential use in determin-
  4    ing the payment or payments authorized  by  this  subsection.  Such  financial
  5    statements,  accounting  records and state income tax returns shall be subject
  6    to disclosure according to chapter 3, title 9, Idaho Code.  As  used  in  this
  7    section,  "average  annual net earnings" means one-half (1/2) of any net earn-
  8    ings of the business or farm  operations,  before  federal,  state  and  local
  9    income  taxes, during the two (2) taxable years immediately preceding the tax-
 10    able year in which the business or farm operation moves from the real property
 11    acquired for the project, or during any other period as the  condemnor  deter-
 12    mines  to  be  more  equitable for establishing the earnings, and includes any
 13    compensation paid by the business or farm operation to the owner, his  spouse,
 14    or  his  dependents  during  the  two  (2) year period, or any other period as
 15    determined by the condemnor.
 16        (4)  If any agency condemnor determines  that  property,  contiguous  with
 17    property  acquired,  owned  or  occupied by an individual, family, business or
 18    farm operation, has been damaged as the result of a public program or project,
 19    it shall offer the individual, family, business or  farm  operation  the  same
 20    compensation as it might offer to a displaced person under subsection (1), (2)
 21    or  (3)  of  this  section and under sections 40-2005 7-726 and 40-2007 7-728,
 22    Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 23        SECTION 9.  That Section 40-2005, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 24    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 25        40-2005  7-726.  PURCHASE ASSISTANCE TO RELOCATING OWNER-OCCUPANT -- LEASE
 26    OR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO RELOCATING TENANT. (1) In addition to  the  pay-
 27    ments  authorized  by  section  40-2004 7-725, Idaho Code, an agency condemnor
 28    shall make a payment to the owner of a dwelling,  provided  the  dwelling  has
 29    been  owned  and  occupied  by the owner for at least one hundred eighty (180)
 30    days prior to the first written offer for the acquisition of the property. The
 31    payment shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) and shall  be  the
 32    amount,  which,  when  added to the acquisition payment, equals the reasonable
 33    cost required for a comparable dwelling determined in  accordance  with  stan-
 34    dards  established  by  the agency condemnor to be suitable to accommodate the
 35    displaced owner. The payment shall be made only to a displaced owner who  pur-
 36    chases  and occupies a dwelling that meets standards established by the agency
 37    condemnor, not later than the end of a one (1) year period  beginning  on  the
 38    date on which he received final payment of all costs of the acquired dwelling,
 39    or  on the date on which he moves from the acquired dwelling, whichever is the
 40    later date. Payment under this subsection will include an amount   which  will
 41    compensate  the  displaced  person  for any increased interest costs which the
 42    person is required to pay for financing  the  acquisition  of  any  comparable
 43    replacement  dwelling.  This amount will be paid only if the dwelling acquired
 44    by the agency condemnor was encumbered by a mortgage which was a valid lien on
 45    the dwelling for not less than one hundred eighty  (180)  days  prior  to  the
 46    first  written  offer for the acquisition of the dwelling. The amount shall be
 47    equal to the excess in the aggregate interest and other debt service costs  of
 48    that amount of the principal of the mortgage on the replacement dwelling which
 49    is  equal to the unpaid balance of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, over
 50    the remainder term of the mortgage on the acquired dwelling, reduced  to  dis-
 51    counted  current  value.  The discounted rate shall be the prevailing interest
 52    rate paid on savings deposits by commercial banks in the general area in which
 53    the replacement dwelling is located. This amount shall also include reasonable
                                                                        
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  1    expenses incurred by the displaced person for  evidence  of  title,  recording
  2    fees,  and    other  closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement
  3    dwelling, but shall not include prepaid expenses.
  4        (2)  In addition to the payments  authorized  by  section  40-2004  7-725,
  5    Idaho  Code,  any  agency  condemnor shall make a payment to any individual or
  6    family displaced from any dwelling not eligible to  receive  a  payment  under
  7    subsection (1) of this section, which dwelling was actually and lawfully occu-
  8    pied  by  the  individual or family for at least ninety (90) days prior to the
  9    first written offer for the acquisition of the property. The payment,  not  to
 10    exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000), shall be the additional amount which is
 11    necessary to enable the individual or family to lease or rent for a period not
 12    to  exceed  four  (4)  years,  or to make a down payment, including reasonable
 13    expenses incurred by the displaced person for  evidence  of  title,  recording
 14    fees,  and other closing costs incident to the purchase of a dwelling of stan-
 15    dards adequate to accommodate the individual or family in areas not  generally
 16    less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facili-
 17    ties, except that if the amount exceeds two thousand dollars ($2,000) the per-
 18    son must equally match any payment in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000),
 19    in making the down payment.
                                                                        
 20        SECTION  10.  That Section 40-2006, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 21    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 22        40-2006 7-727.  HOUSING REPLACEMENT AS LAST RESORT. (1) If any  federally-
 23    assisted  program  or  project construction cannot commence because comparable
 24    replacement sale or rental housing is not available, and the agency  condemnor
 25    determines that housing cannot otherwise be made available, it may take action
 26    as  is  necessary or appropriate to provide housing by use of funds authorized
 27    for the project.
 28        (2)  No displaced person shall be required to move from his  dwelling   on
 29    account  of  any federally-assisted program or project, unless the agency con-
 30    demnor is satisfied that replacement  housing  is  available  to  the  person,
 31    within a reasonable period of time and at rents or prices within the financial
 32    means  of the families and individuals displaced, and reasonably accessible to
 33    their places of employment.
                                                                        
 34        SECTION 11.  That Section 40-2007, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 35    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 36        40-2007  7-728.  COMPENSATION  FOR  MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. In addition to
 37    amounts authorized by this chapter, any agency condemnor as a part of the cost
 38    of any public program or project, shall reimburse the owner of  real  property
 39    acquired for a project for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred for:
 40        (1)  Recording  fees,  transfer  taxes, and similar expenses incidental to
 41    conveying the property;
 42        (2)  Penalty costs for prepayment of any mortgage  entered  into  in  good
 43    faith  encumbering  the real property if the mortgage is on record or has been
 44    filed for record under applicable state law on the date of final  approval  by
 45    the agency condemnor of the location of the project; and
 46        (3)  The  pro  rata  share  or  portion of ad valorem taxes paid which are
 47    allocable to a period subsequent to the date of vesting of title in the  state
 48    or the effective date of possession of the real property by the agency condem-
 49    nor, whichever is earlier.
                                                                        
 50        SECTION  12.  That Section 40-2008, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
                                                                        
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  1    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  2        40-2008 7-729.  COMPUTATION OF REPLACEMENT HOUSING PAYMENT DURING  CONDEM-
  3    NATION  PROCEEDINGS  -- ADJUSTMENT AFTER JUDGMENT. In the event an acquisition
  4    payment to an owner-occupant for  a  dwelling  cannot  be  finally  determined
  5    because  condemnation  proceedings may become necessary or are pending against
  6    the property, the replacement housing payment authorized  by  section  40-2005
  7    7-726(1),  Idaho  Code, shall be made and computed as though the maximum offer
  8    of the state or agency condemnor for the property is  the  actual  acquisition
  9    payment.  In  the event the final award and judgment rendered in the condemna-
 10    tion proceedings exceeds the state's condemnor's highest offer, any difference
 11    between the offer and the judgment shall  be  deducted  from  the  replacement
 12    housing  payment,  but  in no event shall the judgment be reduced by more than
 13    the amount of the replacement housing payment.
                                                                        
 14        SECTION 13.  That Section 40-2009, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 15    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 16        40-2009  7-730.  RELOCATION PAYMENTS NOT INCOME. No payment received under
 17    this chapter shall be considered as income for the purposes of the state  per-
 18    sonal  income  tax law or state corporation tax law, nor shall the payments be
 19    considered as income or resources to any recipient of  public  assistance  and
 20    the payments shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipi-
 21    ent  would  otherwise  be entitled under the state public assistance laws, nor
 22    shall the payments be considered as income or resources  for  the  purpose  of
 23    determining  the  eligibility  or the extent of eligibility of any persons for
 24    public assistance.
                                                                        
 25        SECTION 14.  That Section 40-2010, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 26    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 27        40-2010  7-731.  REVIEW  OF DETERMINATIONS. Any displaced person aggrieved
 28    by a determination as to the eligibility for  a  payment  authorized  by  this
 29    chapter, or the amount of the payment, may have his application reviewed. Pro-
 30    ceedings  for  review  of any action taken by the agency condemnor pursuant to
 31    this section shall be instituted under the provisions of chapter 52, title 67,
 32    Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION 15.  That Section 40-2011, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 34    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 35        40-2011  7-732.  EMINENT  DOMAIN  DAMAGES UNAFFECTED. Nothing contained in
 36    this chapter shall be construed as creating, in any  condemnation  proceedings
 37    brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of damages not in exis-
 38    tence under the laws of the state of Idaho on July 1, 1985.
                                                                        
 39        SECTION  16.  That Section 40-2012, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 40    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 41        40-2012 7-733.  FEDERAL UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT. (1)  Regardless
 42    of  any  of  the other provisions of title 40, chapter 20, Idaho Code Notwith-
 43    standing any other provision of law, when any department, agency or instrumen-
 44    tality of the state, or any county, municipality, or other political  subdivi-
 45    sion, or any other public or private entity undertakes any project or activity
 46    subject  to  the  provisions  of the federal uniform relocation assistance and
                                                                        
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  1    real property acquisition policies  act  of  1970,  as  amended,  public  laws
  2    91-646,  and 100-17, title IV (hereinafter the federal uniform relocation act)
  3    which results in the acquisition of real property or in any person or  persons
  4    being displaced from their homes, businesses, or farms, such state department,
  5    agency  or  instrumentality,  county, municipality or other political subdivi-
  6    sion, or other public or private entity is hereby authorized to provide  relo-
  7    cation  assistance,  and  to make relocation payments to such displaced person
  8    and to do such other acts and follow such procedures and practices as  may  be
  9    necessary to comply with the provisions of the federal uniform relocation act.
 10        (2)  Any  payment  made  or  to be made under the authority granted herein
 11    shall be for compensating or reimbursing the displaced person or owner of real
 12    property in accordance with the requirements of the federal uniform relocation
 13    act and such payments shall not for any purpose be deemed or  considered  com-
 14    pensation  for real property acquired or compensation for damages to remaining
 15    property.
 16        (3)  The Idaho transportation department is authorized to issue such regu-
 17    lations and procedures as it determines to  be  necessary  or  appropriate  to
 18    carry out the provisions of this chapter.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION  17.  That Section 40-2013, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 20    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 21        40-2013 7-734.  COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES. Any moving and relocation costs
 22    which will accrue as a result of a condemnation undertaken pursuant to chapter
 23    7, title 7, Idaho Code, or pursuant to this chapter,  shall  be  paid  by  the
 24    condemner  condemnor  as  required  by  law. If such costs are not paid by the
 25    condemner condemnor, the owner of the property  shall  be  awarded  attorney's
 26    fees and costs incurred to recover the same.
                                                                        
 27        SECTION  18.  That  Chapter  20, Title 40, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 28    hereby repealed.
                                                                        
 29        SECTION 19.  An emergency existing therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 30    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 31    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS14818C1

The purpose of this revision to Idaho Code is to move the
existing "Highway Relocation Assistance" section of the code,
which is applicable to eminent domain, to the "Eminent Domain"
section of the code.  Currently, when property is acquired via
eminent domain for a highway, displaced individuals receive
relocation assistance from the condemnor.  However, when property
is condemned for purposes other than highways, relocation
assistance is not provided under the current statute.  This
change will ensure that all Idaho citizens who are displaced via
eminent domain receive equal relocation assistance, regardless of
the entity which is condemning their property or the purpose of
the taking.  Most takings do not require relocation; without this
change, however, some citizens who lose their homes via eminent
domain and do have to relocate are forced to pay their moving
expenses out of pocket, while others receive relocation
assistance.  This legislation allows relocation assistance to all
citizens displaced by eminent domain. 
                            
     
                          FISCAL IMPACT

No fiscal impact to the general fund.  There may be a minimal
fiscal impact to entities who do not currently provide relocation
assistance when displacing citizens via eminent domain.
  
   

Contact:
Name:  Senator Gerry Sweet
Phone: 332-1355
Name:  Senator Mike Jorgenson
Phone: 332-1346
Name:  Representative Cliff Bayer
Phone: 332-1000
Name:  Heather Cunningham 
Phone: 342-3658
     

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