(a) If a program or project undertaken by a state agency or with federal financial assistance cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available, and the head of the displacing agency determines that such dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the head of the displacing agency may take such action as is necessary or appropriate to provide such dwellings by use of funds authorized for such program or project. The head of the displacing agency may use this section to exceed the maximum amounts which may be paid under §§ 13-11-106 and 13-11-107, on a case-by-case basis for good cause as determined in accordance with such criteria as the governor or the governor’s designee shall prescribe.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 13-11-109

  • Displacing agency: means any state agency undertaking a program or project with or without federal financial assistance, which causes a person to be displaced, a local agency undertaking a program or project with federal or state financial assistance, which causes a person to be displaced, or a person undertaking a program or project with federal financial assistance, which causes a person to be displaced. See Tennessee Code 13-11-103
  • Person: means and includes, but is not limited to, a partnership, company, corporation, association, individual, or family who is undertaking programs or projects with federal financial assistance, or such other person, business or farm operation which is entitled to any financial or other benefit as a result of federal financial assistance, or the undertaking of any program or project by a state agency. See Tennessee Code 13-11-103
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State agency: means any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state when carrying out or undertaking programs or projects with or without federal financial assistance, or when providing state financial assistance. See Tennessee Code 13-11-103
(b) No person shall be required to move from such person’s dwelling on account of any program or project undertaken by a state agency or with federal financial assistance, unless the head of the displacing agency is satisfied that comparable replacement housing is available to such person.
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