N.M. Stat. § 42-3-5
Relocation payments.
A. Whenever a program or project undertaken by an agency will result in the
displacement of a person, the displacing agency shall provide for payment to the
displaced person for:
(1)
actual reasonable expenses in moving the person or the person's family,
business, farm operation or other personal property;
(2)
actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or
discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the
reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate the property, as
determined by the displacing agency;
(3)
actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or
farm, supported by documentation that the displacing agency by regulation may require;
and
(4)
actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm or
business at its new site, in accordance with criteria to be established by the displacing
agency but not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
B. A displaced person eligible for payments under Subsection A of this section who
is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payment authorized by this
subsection in lieu of the payments authorized by Subsection A of this section may
receive an expense and dislocation allowance that shall be determined according to a
schedule established by the displacing agency.
C. A displaced person eligible for payments under Subsection A of this section who
is displaced from the person's place of business or from the person's farm operation
and who is eligible under the criteria established by the displacing agency may elect to
accept the payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by
Subsection A of this section. The payment shall consist of a fixed payment in an amount
to be determined according to the criteria established by the displacing agency, except
that the payment shall be not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than
forty thousand dollars ($40,000). A person whose sole business at the displacement
dwelling is the rental of the dwelling to others shall not qualify for a payment under this
subsection.