Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-17 (2026)
Duties and responsibilities of head of lead agency; rules and regulations
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) The head of the lead agency shall:
- (a) Develop and issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;
- (b) Ensure that relocation assistance activities under this chapter are coordinated with low-income housing assistance programs or projects by a state agency with federal financial assistance;
- (c) Monitor, in coordination with other state agencies, the implementation and enforcement of this chapter; and
- (d) Perform such other duties as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
- (2) The head of the lead agency shall adopt rules and regulations and establish such procedures as he may determine as necessary to assure that:
- (a) The payments and assistance authorized by this chapter shall be administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable, and as uniform as practicable;
- (b) A displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized for such person by this chapter shall be paid promptly after a move or, in hardship cases, be paid in advance; and
- (c) Any person aggrieved may have his application reviewed by the state agency having authority over such program or project.
Codes, 1942, § 2749-78; Laws, 1972, ch. 526, § 8; Laws, 1989, ch. 421, § 8, eff. 3/20/1989.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1977–1999 · leading case: Brown v. Mississippi Transp. Com'n, 749 So. 2d 948 (Miss. 1999).
Brown v. Mississippi Transp. Com'n, 749 So. 2d 948 (Miss. 1999). “However, since the Browns disagreed with the amount offered by MDOT, the proper procedure would have been an appeal within the Relocation Assistance Program, in which the landowner, aggrieved by the amount offered, as such assistance may, according to Miss.Code Ann. §…”
Mississippi Dep't of Transp. v. B & G Outdoor, 722 So. 2d 1273 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998). “Section 43-39-17 of the Mississippi Code grants authority to the lead agency to promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of the Mississippi Relocation Assistance Law.”
Mississippi State High. Comm'n v. Waller, 353 So. 2d 755 (Miss. 1977). “Exact procedures to be followed by the Highway Commission in dealing with relocation assistance should be contained in regulations required by Mississippi Code Annotated § 43-39-17 (1972). Although these regulations are not a part of the record, they are clearly referred to in…”
Wendell L. Brown v. Mississippi Transp. Comm'n (Miss. 1998). “However, since the Browns disagreed with the amount offered by MDOT, the proper procedure would have been an appeal within the Relocation Assistance Program, in which the landowner, aggrieved by the amount offered, as such assistance may, according to Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-17…”
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-17(1)(c): 1 case
Brown v. Mississippi Transp. Com'n, 749 So. 2d 948 (Miss. 1999). “However, since the Browns disagreed with the amount offered by MDOT, the proper procedure would have been an appeal within the Relocation Assistance Program, in which the landowner, aggrieved by the amount offered, as such assistance may, according to Miss.Code Ann. §…”
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-39-17(l)(c): 1 case
Mississippi State High. Comm'n v. Waller, 353 So. 2d 755 (Miss. 1977). “Exact procedures to be followed by the Highway Commission in dealing with relocation assistance should be contained in regulations required by Mississippi Code Annotated § 43-39-17 (1972). Although these regulations are not a part of the record, they are clearly referred to in…”
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