§261-33  Replacement housing.  (a)  Inaddition to any amount authorized herein as part of the cost of construction ofthe airport for which land acquisition is initiated, the director shall make apayment to the owner of real property improved by a single-family, two-family,or three-family dwelling actually owned and occupied by the owner for not lessthan one year prior to the first written offer by the department oftransportation for the acquisition of such property.  Such payment, not toexceed $5,000, shall be the amount, if any, which when added to the acquisitionpayment, equals the average price required for a comparable dwellingdetermined, in accordance with standards established by the director to be adecent, safe, and sanitary dwelling adequate to accommodate the displacedowner, reasonably accessible to public services and places of employment, andavailable on the private market.  Such payment shall be made only to adisplaced owner who purchases and occupies a dwelling within one year subsequentto the date on which the displaced owner is required to move from the dwellingacquired for the project.

(b)  In addition to amounts otherwiseauthorized by this section and section 261-32, the director shall make apayment to any individual or family displaced from any dwelling not eligible toreceive a payment under subsection (a) which dwelling was actually and lawfullyoccupied by such individual or family for not less than ninety days prior tothe first written offer by the department of transportation for acquisition ofsuch property.  Such payment, not to exceed $1,500, shall be the amount whichis necessary to enable such person to lease or rent for a period not to exceedtwo years, or to make the downpayment on the purchase of a decent, safe, andsanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate such individual orfamily in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities andpublic and commercial facilities. [L 1970, c 165, pt of §2; gen ch 1985; am L1986, c 339, §25]