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PUBLIC LAW 90-495-AUG. 23, 1968

[82 STAT<

"§510. Authority of the Secretary " (a) To carry into effect the provisions of this chapter, the Secretary is authorized to make such rules and regulations as he may determine to be necessary to assure— "(1) that the payments authorized by this chapter shall be fair and reasonable and as uniform as practicable; "(2) that a displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized for such person by this chapter shall be paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, be paid in advance; and "(3) that any person aggrieved by a determination as to eligibility for a payment authorized by this chapter, or the amount of a payment, may have his application reviewed by the head of the State agency making such determination. " (b) The Secretary may make such other rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter as he deems necessary or appropriate to carry out this chapter. "§511. Definitions "As used in this chapter— " (1) The term 'person' means— " (A) any individual, partnership, corporation, or association which is the owner of a business; " (B) any owner, part owner, tenant, or sharecropper who operates a farm; " (C) an individual who is the head of a family; or " (D) an individual not a member of a family. "(2) The term 'family' means two or more individuals living together in the same dwelling unit who are related to each other by blood, marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship. "(3) The term 'displaced person' means any person who moves from real property on or after the effective date of this chapter as a result of the acquisition or reasonable expectation of acquisition of such real property, which is subsequently acquired, in whole or in part, for a Federal-aid highway, or as the result of the acquisition for a Federal-aid highway of other real property on which such person conducts a business or farm operation. "(4) The term 'business' means any lawful activity conducted primarily— " (A) for the purchase and resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or any other personal property; " (B) for the sale of services to the public; or " (C) by a nonprofit organization. "(5) The term 'farm operation' means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities for sale and home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. " (6) The term 'Federal agency' means any department, agency, or instrumentality in the executive branch of the Government and any corporation wholly owned by the Government. "(7) The term 'State agency' means a State highway department or any agency designated by a State highway department to

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