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New Jersey Statutes Title 52. State Government, Departments and Officers 52 § 31B-4

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(a) Whenever any State agency or any unit of local government displaces, or causes to be displaced, any person or business concern from any real property on account of the acquisition of real property for a public use, or on account of a program of law enforcement, or on account of a program or project for the voluntary rehabilitation of dwelling units, any such State agency or unit of local government shall make fair and reasonable relocation assistance payments to any such displaced person or business concern as hereinafter provided in this section.

(b) Any relocation assistance payment to a displaced person or business concern shall be (1) a payment for the actual and reasonable expenses of moving said person, his family, business concern, farm operation, or other personal property;  provided, that in the case of a farm operation, such payment may include the actual and reasonable expenses incurred by said person in searching for a replacement farm;  or (2) a fixed payment in accordance with a schedule of fixed amounts approved by the commissioner.

(c) No relocation assistance payment made pursuant to this section shall exceed $200.00 in the case of any individual or family, $3,000.00 in the case of a business concern or nonprofit organization, or $4,000.00 in the case of a farm operation.

(d) No relocation assistance payment pursuant to this section, shall be made to any displaced person or business concern which has received, or is entitled to receive, payment for the actual and reasonable expenses of moving said person, his family, business concern, farm operation, or other personal property, pursuant to any other law of this State or of the United States.

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