The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE

Chapter 421
PUBLIC HOUSING

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F.S. 421.55

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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Amendments to 421.55

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 421.55

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 421.55.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

COULTER, J. L. C. v. ST. JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT,, 799 So. 2d 267 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . district under the Uniform Relocation Assistance Act (URA), 42 U.S.C. section 4601 et seq., and section 421.55 . . . Section 421.55, Florida Statutes, authorizes state agencies to provide relocation assistance. . . . Section 421.55, Florida Statutes, authorizes state agencies to provide relocation assistance within the . . . dwellings will be available to displaced persons in accordance with section 4625(c)(3) of this title. .421.55 . . . First, section 421.55, Florida Statutes, “authorizes” the District to “comply with the provisions and . . . The purpose of section 421.55, in my view, is to authorize the District (and other state agencies) when . . . expenses in order to receive a grant, loan or contribution of federal funds, then how does section 421.55 . . .

FORMAN S DAIRY PALM NURSERY, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, STATE OF FLORIDA,, 608 So. 2d 76 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . The applicable state law is section 421.55, Florida Statutes (1987), which provided in pertinent part . . . Section 421.55(1), Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . Section 421.55(2)(c), Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . The general right under federal law to the claimed expenses is contained, as section 421.55(1) says, . . . the federal law in effect on the date of the claim would control. .The legislature amended section 421.55 . . .

SKIFF S WORKINGMAN S NURSERY, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 557 So. 2d 233 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . DOT agreed to pay all costs of relocation permitted by section 421.55 , Florida Statutes (1981). . . . Section 421.55 was enacted in conjunction and requires compliance with the Federal Uniform Relocation . . .

STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. K- MART CORPORATION,, 47 Fla. Supp. 2d 107 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1989)

. . . After reviewing §§ 421.55, 479.24, Fla. . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR, v. C. APGAR,, 456 So. 2d 895 (Fla. 1984)

. . . Respondent shall pay the costs of these proceedings in the amount of $421.55. It is so ordered. . . .

UNITED STATES v. W. H. BARTHOLOMEW, 137 F. Supp. 700 (W.D. Ark. 1956)

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