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2000 SESSION
SB 63 Uniform Relocation Assistance Act.
Introduced by: Madison E. Marye | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act. Makes the provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1972 applicable to any (i) state agency; (ii) political subdivision; (iii) department, agency or instrumentality of any political subdivision; (iv) person who has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under state law; or (v) two or more of the aforementioned, which carries out a project that causes people to be displaced. The Act currently applies to such entities if they are carrying out projects with federal or state financial assistance. The Act requires condemnors to, among other things, (i) make relocation payments to displaced persons; (ii) make every reasonable effort to acquire expeditiously real property by negotiation; (iii) appraise the property; (iv) offer to acquire the property for an amount not less than its appraised value; (v) give at least 90 days' written notice of the date by which the occupant is required to vacate the condemned property; and (vi) offer to acquire the entire property if the acquisition of part of a property would leave its owner with an uneconomic remnant. The bill also raises the $10,000 cap on payments for business relocation expenses to $25,000 for the condemnee's reasonable expenses necessarily incurred in reestablishing the displaced business or farm at its new site, in accordance with criteria established by the condemnor. The existing cap on payments for the dislocation of a business or farm, in lieu of actual relocation expenses, is raised from $20,000 to $50,000. An appraisal is not required for property acquired by a locality, public service corporation or municipal corporation if the assessment is less than $10,000. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the joint subcommittee studying eminent domain issues.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/00 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 003334468 pdf
- 01/18/00 Senate: Introduced bill reprinted 003334468 pdf
- 02/02/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 005207468-S1 pdf
- 03/21/00 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB63ER) pdf
- 05/03/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0851) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/00 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 003334468
- 01/12/00 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/00 Senate: Introduced bill reprinted 003334468
- 02/02/00 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 005207468-S1
- 02/03/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/00 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/00 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/00 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 005207468-S1
- 02/04/00 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 005207468-S1
- 02/07/00 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/07/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/07/00 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/13/00 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/00 House: Read first time
- 02/13/00 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/18/00 House: Assigned to C. C. T. sub-committee: 3
- 02/29/00 House: Reported from C. C. T. with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/00 House: Read second time
- 03/03/00 House: Read third time
- 03/03/00 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/03/00 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/03/00 House: Passed House with amendments (Block Vote) (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/00 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/00 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/07/00 Senate: House amendment No. 1 rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-N 1-A)
- 03/07/00 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (1-Y 37-N 1-A)
- 03/07/00 Senate: House amendments No. 2-4 agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A
- 03/07/00 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/08/00 House: House insisted on amendments
- 03/08/00 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/09/00 Senate: Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/09/00 Senate: VOTE: ACCEDE CONF. COMM. (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/09/00 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/09/00 Senate: Senators: Marye, Norment, Colgan
- 03/09/00 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/09/00 House: Delegates: Jackson, Griffith, Shuler
- 03/10/00 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 03/10/00 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/10/00 Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/10/00 Conference: House amendments rejected by conference committee
- 03/10/00 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/10/00 House: Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (92-Y 0-N)
- 03/21/00 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB63ER)
- 03/23/00 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/24/00 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/25/00 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/09/00 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 851 (effective 7/1/00)
- 05/03/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0851)