Ch. 10

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b) Each relocation assistance advisory program required by
subsection (a) OF THIS SECTION includes those measures,
facilities, or services necessary or appropriate in order to:

(1)  Determine any need of displaced persons for
relocation assistance;

(2)  Provide current and continuing information on the
availability, prices, and rentals, of comparable decent, safe,
and sanitary sales and rental housing, and of [comparable]
SUITABLE commercial properties and locations for displaced
businesses AND FARM OPERATIONS;

(3)  Assure [that, within a reasonable period of time,
prior to displacement there will be available in areas not
generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public
and commercial facilities and at terms or prices within the
financial means of the families and individuals displaced,
decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, as defined by the public or
private agency, equal in number to the number of and available to
the displaced persons who require the dwellings and reasonably
accessible to their places of employment, except that the public
or private agency may prescribe by rule or regulation situations
when these assurances may be waived;] THAT A PERSON MAY NOT BE
REQUIRED TO MOVE FROM A DWELLING UNLESS THE PERSON HAS HAD A
REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO RELOCATE TO A COMPARABLE REPLACEMENT
DWELLING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 12-201(D) OF THIS SUBTITLE EXCEPT
IN THE CASE OF:

(I)  A NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES;

(II)  A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR;
OR

(III)  ANY OTHER EMERGENCY WHICH REQUIRES
PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT FROM A DWELLING BECAUSE OF SUBSTANTIAL
DANGER TO THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF A PERSON;

(4)  Assist a person displaced from a business or farm
operation in obtaining and becoming established in a suitable
replacement location;

(5)  Supply information concerning federal and State
housing programs, disaster loan programs, and other federal or
State programs offering assistance to displaced persons; and

(6)  Provide other advisory services to displaced
persons in order to minimize hardships on them in adjusting to
relocation.

(C) PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN WITH STATE AND FEDERAL
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THIS SUBTITLE SHALL BE PLANNED IN A
MANNER THAT:

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