Purpose

(1) The purpose of these Rules is to implement the Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1972, as amended, T.C.A. § 13-11-101 et seq., by establishing regulations and procedures for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced as a direct result of programs or projects undertaken by the Department with or without federal financial assistance, programs or projects undertaken by local agencies with federal or state financial assistance, and programs or projects undertaken by persons with federal financial assistance, in order that such displaced persons shall not suffer disproportionate injuries as a result of federal or state programs or projects for the benefit of the public as a whole, and to minimize the hardship of displacement on such persons. (2) It is also the purpose of these Rules to assure compliance with the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 4601 et seq., and the implementing regulations at 49 C.F.R., Part 24, where applicable to programs or projects undertaken with federal financial assistance.