Printable Format12-17,173. Relocation assistance plan. Before any STAR bond project shall be initiated, a relocation assistance plan shall be approved by the governing body of the city or county proposing to undertake the project. Such relocation assistance plan shall:
(a) Provide for relocation payments to be made to persons, families and businesses who move from real property located in the STAR bond project district, or who move personal property from real property located in the STAR bond project district as a result of the acquisition of the real property by the city or county in carrying out the provisions of this act. With respect to any STAR bond project such payments shall not be less than $500;
(b) provide that no persons or families residing in the STAR bond project district shall be displaced unless and until there is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced person or family at rents within their ability to pay. Such housing units shall be suitable to the needs of such displaced persons or families and must be a decent, safe, sanitary and otherwise standard dwelling; and
(c) provide for the payment of any damages sustained by a retailer, as defined by K.S.A. 79-3702, and amendments thereto, by reason of the liquidation of inventories necessitated by relocation from the STAR bond project district.
History: L. 2007, ch. 179, ยง 14; July 1.