Uniform
Act
Utilities
Excess Lands
Construction
Acquisitions
100

These requirements apply if Federal dollars are used to fund any phase of the project.

What are Federal Right of Way?

100

These require special care and may be particularly hazardous.

What are High Priority Facilities?

100

This is the only function, besides Airspace, in RW that generates money for the department.

What is Excess Lands?

100

This is someone who ensures statewide consistency, complex change orders and claims, acts as Liaison with districts for HQ, etc.

What is a Coordinator?

100

This document is used to keep a record of all interactions and acquisition attempts from start to finish and is discoverable in court.

What is a Parcel Diary?

200

The uniform relocation assistance and real property acquisition policies act was passed in this year.

What is 1970?

200

The formal notice to relocate, remove, protect, etc., the owner's utility facilities to accommodate proposed state transportation projects.

What is Notice to Owner (NTO)?

200

This is any real property that the department determines is not needed for our needs.

What is excess land?

200

The final phase of the project when the contractor has done their work and been inspected.  

Construction Concept Acceptance (CCA)

200

“Your Property, Your Transportation Project” pamphlet is given to the property owner with the.

What is the First Written Offer (FWO)?

300

This is the title of one of the three titles in the uniform act.

General Provisions

Relocation Assistance

Policy and Requirements

300

Utilities that are in the way of construction and must be relocated, abandoned, or protected-in-place.

What is physical conflict?

300

They are the two types of auctions used for public sales.

What are oral and sealed bids?

300

This is what includes R/W Clearance, Final Certification, Parcels and contractual obligations, Borrow agreements, Disposal agreements, etc.

What is Resident Engineer File Checklist?

300

The Constitution requires that property owners are given this in exchange for their property.

 What is Just Compensation?

400

The uniform act applies any time a government agency wants to acquire this.

What is real property or interest in real property?

400

This is only needed when the State shares in the costs, or the contractor is doing work for the utility owner.

What is Utility Agreement?

400

This is the area used for transportation purposes and the protection of the traveling public.

What is Operating Right of Way?

400

The ways ROW gets involved with Construction.

What is excess property, demolition, easements, property acquisition needs, and building removal?

400

This document is a short form description of the Appraisal and is required by the Uniform Act in order to negotiate and condemn a property.

What is an Appraisal Summary Statement?

500

This is used if all attempts to negotiate an agreement to acquire a property fail.

What is eminent domain?

500

This is the process of analyzing the occupancy rights of the owner of utility facilities being impacted by a highway project versus the State’s rights.

What is Liability Determination?

500

This "system" is used to record, monitor, reconcile, and report the status of the excess land inventory.

What is the Excess Land Management System (ELMS)?

500

Safety, contract compliance, contract payments.

What are the responsibilities of Construction?

500

This product is used to determine the ownership interests, legal description, and map of the property.

What is a Title Report?