WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                       H.B. 590

Sincerely,

William Donald Schaefer

Governor

House Bill No. 590

AN ACT concerning

Eminent Domain - Moving and Relocation Expenses

FOR the purpose of altering the maximum limit on certain payments elected by a person
who is displaced from a place of business or farm operation as the result of land
acquisition for a program or project undertaken by certain agencies; and requiring
adjustments to certain payments to reflect annual changes in the rate of inflation or
deflation as indicated by certain statistics; and providing for a certain exception.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 12-205

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Real Property

12-205.

(a) Whenever a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency will result
in the displacement of any person, the displacing agency shall make a payment to the
displaced person, on proper application as approved by the displacing agency for:

(1)     Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm
operation, or other personal property;

(2)     Actual direct loss of tangible personal property as a result of moving or
discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not exceeding an amount equal to the
reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate the personal property, as
determined by the agency;

(3)     Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or
farm; and

(4)     Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm,
nonprofit organization, or small business at its new site as determined by the displacing
agency, but not to exceed $10,000.

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