Florida Statute 421.55 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE

Chapter 421
PUBLIC HOUSING

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421.55 Relocation of displaced persons.—

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the state and its departments, agencies, political subdivisions, and legislatively established port and airport authorities to comply with the provisions and requirements of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, Pub. L. No. 100-17, in those public projects or programs for which federal or federal-aid funds are available and are used.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) “State” means the State of Florida, any department, agency or political subdivision thereof, or any port or airport authority established by the Legislature.

(b) “Public Law No. 100-17” means the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 adopted by the United States Congress.

(c) “Displaced person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association that is required to move from any real property on or after March 20, 1972, as a result of the acquisition of such real property for public purposes, or who, as the result of the acquisition for public purposes of real property on which such person is conducting a business or farm operation as defined in Pub. L. No. 100-17, is required to move said business or farm operation.

(3) The state is authorized and empowered, in acquiring real property for use in any public project or program in which federal or federal-aid funds are used, to make all such relocation and other payments to or for displaced persons as are required under the provisions of Pub. L. No. 100-17, and to provide such displaced persons with relocation services and make available to them replacement dwellings, as required by Pub. L. No. 100-17.

(4) The state is authorized and empowered, in acquiring real property for use in any public project or program in which federal or federal-aid funds are used, to follow and conform with the land acquisition policies set forth in Pub. L. No. 100-17, and to pay or reimburse owners of property so acquired in the manner specified in Pub. L. No. 100-17. This authority shall include, as to federal-aid highways and airports, as a last resort, the use of eminent domain powers to acquire real property for replacement housing as required by Pub. L. No. 100-17.

History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, ch. 72-71; s. 2, ch. 89-209.

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Skiff's Workingman's Nursery v. DOT, 557 So. 2d 233 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...portation (DOT) order denying reimbursement of impact fees. In 1981 DOT notified Skiff's that due to the federally assisted construction of I-595 the nursery business would have to be relocated. DOT agreed to pay all costs of relocation permitted by section 421.55 [1] , Florida Statutes (1981)....

...tion to be unfair, unreasonable and contrary to congressional and departmental intent and that the Secretary erroneously relied on Reddy Ice. REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS CONSISTENT HEREWITH. LETTS and WARNER, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 421.55 was enacted in conjunction and requires compliance with the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition For Federally Assisted Programs, 49 C.F.R....

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Forman's Dairy Palm Nursery v. Dep't of Transp., State, 608 So. 2d 76 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 10965, 1992 WL 295428

2 We disagree. The applicable state law is section 421.55, Florida Statutes (1987), which provided3 in

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Coulter v. St. Johns Water Mgmt. Dist., 799 So. 2d 267 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 12257, 2001 WL 991571

...Pursuant to the terms of the district/Willow-brook agreement, the appellants moved their dairy operations and incurred considerable expense in doing so. They requested relocation assistance from the district under the Uniform Relocation Assistance Act (URA), 42 U.S.C. section 4601 et seq., and section 421.55 Florida Statutes....

...rsons. Section 4630 2 of the URA precludes a federal agency from providing federal funds for state projects unless the head of the federal agency receives assurance that the state “displacing agency” will provide assistance to displaced persons. Section 421.55, Florida Statutes, authorizes state agencies to provide relocation assistance....

...3 In sum, the federal statutes mandate relocation assis *269 tance for persons dislocated by certain federal programs, and preclude federal funding for state programs unless the federal government is assured that the state will provide assistance to dislocated persons. Section 421.55, Florida Statutes, authorizes state agencies to provide relocation assistance within the meaning of the federal act....

...25 of this title shall be provided to such displaced persons; (3) within a reasonable period of time prior to displacement, comparable replacement dwellings will be available to displaced persons in accordance with section 4625(c)(3) of this title. .421.55 Relocation of displaced persons (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the state and its departments, agencies, political subdivisions, and legislatively established port and airport authorities to comply with the provisions and...

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