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6B.42 Eminent domain---payment to displaced persons.

1. A utility or railroad subject to section 327C.2, chapter 479, or chapter 476, authorized by law to acquire property by condemnation, which acquires the property of a person or displaces a person for a program or project which has received or will receive federal financial assistance as defined in section 316.1, shall provide to the person in addition to any other sums of money in payment of just compensation, the payments and assistance required by law, in accordance with chapter 316.

2. A person aggrieved by a determination made by a utility as to eligibility for relocation assistance, a payment, or the amount of the payment, upon application, may have the matter reviewed by the utilities division of the department of commerce.

3. A person aggrieved by a determination made by a railroad as to eligibility for relocation assistance, a payment, or the amount of the payment, upon application, may have the matter reviewed by the state department of transportation.

4. A utility or railroad subject to this section that proposes to displace a person shall inform the person of the person's right to receive relocation assistance and payments, and of an aggrieved person's right to appeal to the utilities division of the department of commerce or the state department of transportation.

Section History: Early form

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 472.42; 81 Acts, ch 22, § 21, 22]

Section History: Recent form

89 Acts, ch 20, § 18 ~IC93, § 6B.42


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