56.610 Legislative findings.
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(1)The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky finds and declares the
following:
(a)Displacement as a direct result of programs or projects undertaken with
federal financial assistance is caused by a number of activities, including
rehabilitation, demolition, code enforcement, and acquisition;
(b)Relocation assistance policies shall provide for fair, uniform, and equitable
treatment of all affected persons;
(c)The displacement of businesses often results in their closure; and
(d)Minimizing the adverse impact of displacement is essential to maintaining the
economic and social well-being of communities.
(2)KRS 56.620, 56.690 and 56.740 establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable
treatment of persons displaced as a direct result of programs or projects undertaken
with federal financial assistance. The primary purpose of the above-mentioned
sections shall be to ensure that such persons shall not suffer disproportionate
injuries as a result of programs and projects designed for the benefit of the public as
a whole and to minimize the hardship of displacement on such persons. The
provisions of the above-mentioned sections may be applied to programs and
projects undertaken without federal financial assistance.
(3)The following is the intent of the Kentucky General Assembly:
(a)KRS 56.620, 56.690 and 56.740 shall be carried out in a manner which
minimizes waste, fraud and mismanagement and reduces unnecessary
administrative costs borne in providing relocation assistance;
(b)Uniform procedures for the administration of relocation assistance shall, to the
maximum extent feasible, assure that the unique circumstances of any
displaced person are taken into account and that persons in essentially similar
circumstances are accorded equal treatment under the above-mentioned
sections; and
(c)The improvement of housing conditions of economically disadvantaged
persons under the above-mentioned sections shall be undertaken, to the
maximum extent feasible, in coordination with existing federal, state and local
government programs for accomplishing such goals.