RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE These rules are promulgated pursuant to the authority granted by Sections 43-39-17 and 25-43-5 and are designed to insure a uniform policy for fair and equitable treatment as to (1) relocation payments, (2) advisory assistance, and (3) assurance of availability of standard housing under state or local land acquisition programs which are federally funded in whole or in part. (a) In any case where a person who, on or after July 1, 1972, moves from real property, or moves his personal property from real property, as a result of the acquisition of such real property in whole or in part, by the District or as result of a written order of the District to vacate real property, for a program or project undertaken by the District; and solely for purposes of Sections 43-39-7(1), 43-39-7(2) and 43-39-13, as a result of the acquisition of or as a result of the written order of the District to vacate other real property on which such person conducts a business or farm operation, the District shall fully comply with all applicable provisions of Title 43, Chapter 39 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, to assure that: (1) The payments and assistance authorized by law are administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable, and as uniform as practicable. (2) All displaced persons who make proper application for a payment authorized by law are paid promptly after a move, or in hardship cases, are paid in advance. Hardship cases shall be designated as such by the Board. (3) Any person who disagrees or is dissatisfied with their determination of eligibility for relocation assistance payments, or the amount of a payment, may have his application reviewed by the President of the District or his designee. (4) The President of the District or his designee may, from time to time, prescribe other rules and procedures necessary to carry out the terms of the applicable statutes.