(1) Payment for
Actual and Reasonable Moving Expenses.
A displaced owner-occupant or tenant of a dwelling who
qualifies as a displaced person is entitled to reimbursement for actual moving
and related expenses, as the displacing agency determines to be reasonable and
necessary. Expenses eligible for reimbursement include the following:
(a) The costs of transporting the displaced
person and the displaced person's personal property to a replacement dwelling
within a 50-mile radius of the displacement dwelling. Transportation costs for
any distance beyond 50 miles are not eligible for reimbursement, unless the
displacing agency has made a prior determination that relocation beyond 50
miles is justified.
1. The displaced person
may be reimbursed for the use of a personal vehicle at the standard mileage
reimbursement rate provided in the displacing agency's own travel regulations,
if any, or the current Standard Mileage Rate established by the Tennessee
Department of Finance and Administration in the Comprehensive Travel
Regulations, General Reimbursement Rate Schedule, and/or for the actual,
reasonable fees charged by a commercial moving service.
2. Upon prior approval of the displacing
agency, a displaced person may be reimbursed for special transportation
services, such as an ambulance, as may be required for medical
reasons.
3. Upon a showing of need,
the actual, reasonable costs of meals and lodging may be reimbursed if
pre-approved by the displacing agency.
(b) The costs of packing, crating, unpacking
and uncrating personal property.
(c) The costs of disconnecting, dismantling,
removing, reassembling, and reinstalling relocated household appliances and
other personal property. This includes fees or charges for reinstalling
telephone or utility services.
(d)
The costs of storage for personal property, if previously approved by the
displacing agency, but not for any period greater than 12 months unless the
displacing agency expressly determines that a longer period is
necessary.
(e) The cost of
insurance for the replacement value of personal property moved or stored in
connection with the relocation, or the reasonable replacement value of property
lost, stolen or damaged in the process of moving (not through the fault or
negligence of the displaced person or his or her agent or employee), where
insurance covering such loss, theft or damage is not reasonably
available.
(f) Other moving-related
costs, excluding ineligible moving expenses identified in Rule
1680-06-02-.12
below, as the displacing agency may determine to be reasonable and
necessary.
(2) Direct
Payment to a Moving Company.
If requested by the displaced person, payments for moving
costs may be paid directly to a licensed commercial moving service in lieu of
payment to the displaced person. When a commercial moving service willing to
accept direct payment has been selected by the displaced person and approved by
the displacing agency, the displaced person shall sign a written statement
assigning the relocation payment to the moving company.
(3) Fixed Payment for Moving Expenses.
(a) As an alternative to payment for actual
moving and related expenses under paragraph (1) of this Rule, a displaced
person may choose to receive a fixed expense and dislocation allowance. When
this method of payment is chosen, the displacing agency shall pay the full
amount of the allowance to the displaced person after the relocation has been
completed without any need for documentation of moving expenses actually
incurred.
(b) The amount of this
allowance shall be determined by reference to the applicable schedule approved
by the Federal Highway Administration, as amended from time to time. This
includes a provision that the expense and dislocation allowance to a person
with minimal personal possessions who occupies a dormitory style room shared by
two or more unrelated persons, or to a person whose residential move is
performed by an agency at no cost, shall be limited to $100.
Notes
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1680-06-02-.10
Original
rule filed August 12, 1974; effective September 11, 1974. Repeal and new rule
filed October 31, 2002; effective January 14, 2003. Rule has been assigned a
new control number from 1680-02-04-.10 filed and effective February 1, 2003.
Amendments filed January 12, 2017; effective
4/12/2017.
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง
13-11-105 and
13-11-113.
