Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-268
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Sec. 8-268. Payment for displacement expenses and losses. Moving expenses and dislocation allowances. Fixed payments. Landlord's responsibility in certain cases.
Official statutory text
(b) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a) of this section 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 (a) of this section may receive a moving expense allowance, determined according to a schedule established by the state agency, not to exceed three hundred dollars and a dislocation allowance of two hundred dollars.
(c) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from the person's place of business or from the person's farm operation and who elects to accept the payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by subsection (a) of this section, may receive a fixed payment in an amount equal to the average annual net earnings of the business or farm operation, except that such payment shall not be less than two thousand five hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars. In the case of a business no payment shall be made under this subsection unless the state agency is satisfied that the business (1) cannot be relocated without a substantial loss of its existing patronage, and (2) is not a part of a commercial enterprise having at least one other establishment not being acquired by the state, which is engaged in the same or similar business. For purposes of this subsection, “average annual net earnings” means one half of any net earnings of the business or farm operation, before federal, state and local income taxes, during the two taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year in which such business or farm operation moves from the real property acquired for such project, or during such other period as such agency determines to be more equitable for establishing such earnings, and includes any compensation paid by the business or farm operation to the owner, the owner's spouse or the owner's dependents during such period.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, in the case of displacement of a person on or after October 1, 2007, because of acquisition of real property by a redevelopment agency pursuant to section 8-128 , a development agency pursuant to section 8-193 , or an implementing agency pursuant to section 32-224 , pursuant to a redevelopment plan approved under chapter 130 or a development plan approved under chapter 132 or 588 l , the agency shall make relocation payments as provided under the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 42 USC 4601 et seq. and any subsequent amendments thereto and regulations promulgated thereunder if payments under said act and regulations would be greater than payments under this section and sections 8-269 and 8-270 .
Cited. 192 C. 207; 233 C. 296.
Cited. 5 CA 219; 19 CA 360. Issue of reimbursement expenses for business relocation is outside scope of compensation for the taking of real property and not an essential term of settlement agreement pursuant to Sec. 13a-76. 189 CA 828.
Cited. 43 CS 457.
(c) Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection (a) of this section who is displaced from the person's place of business or from the person's farm operation and who elects to accept the payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by subsection (a) of this section, may receive a fixed payment in an amount equal to the average annual net earnings of the business or farm operation, except that such payment shall not be less than two thousand five hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars. In the case of a business no payment shall be made under this subsection unless the state agency is satisfied that the business (1) cannot be relocated without a substantial loss of its existing patronage, and (2) is not a part of a commercial enterprise having at least one other establishment not being acquired by the state, which is engaged in the same or similar business. For purposes of this subsection, “average annual net earnings” means one half of any net earnings of the business or farm operation, before federal, state and local income taxes, during the two taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year in which such business or farm operation moves from the real property acquired for such project, or during such other period as such agency determines to be more equitable for establishing such earnings, and includes any compensation paid by the business or farm operation to the owner, the owner's spouse or the owner's dependents during such period.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, in the case of displacement of a person on or after October 1, 2007, because of acquisition of real property by a redevelopment agency pursuant to section 8-128 , a development agency pursuant to section 8-193 , or an implementing agency pursuant to section 32-224 , pursuant to a redevelopment plan approved under chapter 130 or a development plan approved under chapter 132 or 588 l , the agency shall make relocation payments as provided under the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 42 USC 4601 et seq. and any subsequent amendments thereto and regulations promulgated thereunder if payments under said act and regulations would be greater than payments under this section and sections 8-269 and 8-270 .
Cited. 192 C. 207; 233 C. 296.
Cited. 5 CA 219; 19 CA 360. Issue of reimbursement expenses for business relocation is outside scope of compensation for the taking of real property and not an essential term of settlement agreement pursuant to Sec. 13a-76. 189 CA 828.
Cited. 43 CS 457.
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