1. If a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of a person, the displacing agency shall make a payment to the displaced person, upon proper application as approved by the displacing agency, for actual reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in moving the person, the person’s family, business, farm operation, or other personal property subject to rules and limits established by the department. The payment may also provide for actual direct losses of tangible personal property, purchase of substitute personal property, business reestablishment expenses, storage expenses, and expenses incurred in searching for a replacement business or farm. 2. A displaced person eligible for payments under subsection 1, who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by subsection 1, may receive a moving expense and dislocation allowance determined according to a schedule established by the department. 3. A displaced person, as defined in section 316.1, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, eligible for payments under subsection 1, who is displaced from the person’s place of business or farm operation andwhois eligible, may elect to accept the payment authorized bythis subsectionin lieuof the payment authorized by subsection 1. The payment shall consist of a fixedpayment inan amount to be determined according to criteria established by the department. A person whose sole business at the displaceddwelling istherental of thereal property does not qualify for a payment under this subsection.
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