Ch. 10

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(e)  No owner may be required to surrender possession of
[land] REAL PROPERTY before the [public] DISPLACING agency
concerned pays the agreed purchase price, or deposits with the
court in accordance with applicable law, for the benefit of the
owner, an amount not less than the [public] DISPLACING agency's
approved appraisal of the fair market value of the [land] REAL
PROPERTY, or the amount of the award of compensation in the
condemnation proceeding for the [land] REAL PROPERTY.

(f)  (1) The construction or development of a public
improvement shall be so scheduled that, to the greatest extent
feasible, no person lawfully occupying [land] REAL PROPERTY is
required to move from a dwelling, assuming a replacement dwelling
as required by §§ 12-202 through 12-204 OF THIS SUBTITLE will be
available, or to move his business or farm operation, without at
least 90 days' written notice from the [public] DISPLACING agency
concerned[, of the date by which the move is required].

(2) EXCEPT UNDER CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN SECTION
12-206(B)(3)(I), (II), AND (III) OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE DATE BY
WHICH THE MOVE IS REQUIRED MAY BE GIVEN IN A SEPARATE NOTICE.

(g)   If the [public] DISPLACING agency permits an owner or
tenant to occupy the [land] REAL PROPERTY acquired on a rental
basis for a short term or for a period subject to termination by
the [public] DISPLACING agency on short notice, the amount of
rent required may not exceed the fair rental value of the [land]
REAL PROPERTY to a short-term occupier.

(h) The [public] DISPLACING agency may not advance the time
of condemnation, defer negotiations or condemnation and the
deposit of funds in court for the use of the owner, or take any
other action coercive in nature, in order to compel an agreement
on the price to be paid for the [land] REAL PROPERTY.

(i) If any interest in [land] REAL PROPERTY is to be
acquired by exercise of the power of eminent domain, the [public]
DISPLACING agency concerned shall institute a formal condemnation
proceeding. No [public] DISPLACING agency OR PERSON intentionally
may make it necessary for an owner to institute a legal
proceeding to prove the fact of the taking of his [land] REAL
PROPERTY.

(j) If the acquisition of only part of the [land] REAL
PROPERTY would leave its owner with an uneconomic remnant, the
[public] DISPLACING agency concerned shall offer to acquire the
entire [land] REAL PROPERTY.

(K) AFTER THE PERSON HAS BEEN FULLY INFORMED OF HIS RIGHT
TO RECEIVE JUST COMPENSATION FOR THAT PROPERTY, A PERSON WHOSE
REAL PROPERTY IS BEING ACQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE
MAY DONATE THE PROPERTY, ANY PART THEREOF, ANY INTEREST THEREIN,
OR ANY COMPENSATION PAID THEREFORE TO A STATE AGENCY, AS THAT
PERSON SHALL DETERMINE.

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