Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:3107

  • Agency: means the state of Louisiana, its municipalities or parishes, or the agencies of any of them, including particularly, but not exclusively, the Department of Transportation and Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:3101
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation or association. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:3101

The agency head is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as he deems necessary and appropriate to carry out provisions of this Chapter.  The agency head is authorized and empowered to adopt all or any part of applicable federal rules and regulations which are necessary or desirable to implement this Chapter.  Such rules and regulations may include, but not be limited to, provisions relating to:

(A)  Payments authorized by this Chapter to assure that such payments shall be fair and reasonable and as uniform as possible.  

(B)  Prompt payment after a move to displaced persons who make proper application and are entitled to payment, or, in hardship cases, payment in advance.  

(C)  Moving expense allowances as provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 38:3104(A) and (B).  

(D)  Standards for decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings.  

(E)  Eligibility of displaced persons for relocation assistance payments, the procedure for such persons to claim such payments, and the amount thereof.  

(F)  Procedure for an aggrieved displaced person to have his determination of eligibility or amount of payment reviewed by the head of the agency.  

Added by Acts 1971, No. 116, §1, emerg. eff. June 14, 1971.