Maine Revised Statutes Title 23. Transportation § 244-C. Assurance of availability of housing

1. Expenditures for replacement dwellings. If a program or project undertaken by the department cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available, and the department determines that those dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the department may take such action as is necessary or appropriate to provide dwellings by use of funds authorized for the project. The department may use this section to exceed the maximum amounts which may be paid under sections 244-A and 244-B on a case-by-case basis for good cause as determined in accordance with guidelines that the department issues.

2. Availability required. No person may be required to move from a dwelling because of any program or project undertaken by the department unless the department is satisfied that comparable replacement housing is available to that person.

3. Exceptions. The department shall assure that a person shall not be required to move from a dwelling unless the person has had a reasonable opportunity to relocate to a comparable replacement dwelling, except in the case of: