1. The department shall adopt administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to effect the provisions of this chapter and to assure:

 a. Compliance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Pub. L. No. 91-646, as amended by the Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1987, Tit. IV, Pub. L. No. 100-17.
 b. The payments authorized by this chapter are fair and reasonable and as uniform as practicable.
 c. A displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized by this chapter is paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, is paid in advance.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 316.9

  • Administrative rules: means all rules subject to the provisions of chapter 17A. See Iowa Code 316.1
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Displacing agency: means the state or a state agency carrying out a program or project, or any person carrying out a program or project with federal financial assistance, which causes a person to be a displaced person. See Iowa Code 316.1
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 316.1
  • Person: includes any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint adventure, or association, and the plural as well as the singular number. See Iowa Code 321H.2
 2. A person aggrieved by a determination as to eligibility for assistance or a payment authorized by this chapter, or the amount of a payment, upon application may have the matter reviewed.
 3. Rules governing reviews shall provide for a prompt one-step uncomplicated fact-finding process. Such a review is an appeal of an agency action as defined in section 17A.2, subsection 2, and is not a contested case. The decision rendered shall be the displacing agency‘s final agency action.