MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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ADVISORY SERVICES TO THE APPROPRIATE MONTGOMERY OR PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY AGENCIES PROVIDING RELOCATION ADVISORY
SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, REAL
PROPERTY ARTICLE, SECTION 12-206. THE AGENCIES UPON THIS
REFERRAL SHALL PROVIDE RELOCATION ADVISORY SERVICES BEING
PROVIDED TO DISPLACED PERSONS UNDER THE RELOCATION
ADVISORY SERVICES PROGRAM BEING ADMINISTERED.

(F)    RULES, REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES.

(1)    IS ORDER TO PROMOTE UNIFORM AND
EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND
LAND ACQUISITION, THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSULT STATE AND
LOCAL AGENCIES PROVIDING SIMILAR SERVICES ON THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMS.

(2)    THE COMMISSION MAY ESTABLISH REGULATIONS
AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO ASSURE THAT:

(I)    PAYMENTS AND ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED
BY THIS SECTION ARE ADMINISTERED IN A MANNER WHICH IS
FAIR AND REASONABLE, AND AS UNIFORM AS PRACTICABLE;

(II)   A DISPLACED PERSON WHO MAKES
PROPER APPLICATION FOR A PAYMENT AUTHORIZED FOR THAT
PERSON BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID PROMPTLY AFTER A
HOVE OR, IN HARDSHIP CASES, BE PAID IN ADVANCE; AND

(III)  ANY PERSON AGGRIEVED BY A
DETERMINATION AS TO ELIGIBILITY FOR A PAYMENT AUTHORIZED
BY THIS SECTION, OR THE AMOUNT OF A PAYMENT, MAY HAVE HIS
APPLICATION REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING BOARD OF MONTGOMERY
OR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, WHICHEVER IS APPROPRIATE.

(G)    PAYMENTS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED AS INCOME.

PAYMENT RECEIVED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE
CONSIDERED AS INCOME FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTIONS
279-323A OF ARTICLE 81 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976,

CHAPTER 858
(House Bill 2048)
AN ACT concerning