(1) Except as expressly authorized in ORS 456.260 (1) or as may be provided by contract with the property owner, a local government may not:
(a) Impose any fine, penalty, tax, fee, charge, assessment or other restriction or sanction against a property owner for withdrawing the participating property from a federal housing program.
(b) Except as an exercise of constitutional or statutory powers of condemnation:
(A) Prevent or restrict a property owner from selling or otherwise disposing of participating property.
(B) Require conveyance of participating property to the local government or to another party.
(C) Impose any fine, penalty, tax, fee, charge, assessment or other restriction or sanction against a property owner for refusing an offer by the local government or another party to purchase participating property.
(c) Require a property owner to pay any replacement fee or other fee for tenant relocation from participating property, except as specified in an alternative procedure being used pursuant to ORS 456.260 (1)(c).
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not prohibit a local government that is certified by a federal agency to carry out an agency responsibility or to exercise agency authority from taking any action within the scope of that responsibility or authority. [1999 c.275 §4]
Note: See note under 456.250.
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