DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS  
MICHIGAN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING SYSTEM  
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION  
BUREAU OF HIGHWAY TECHNICAL SERVICES  
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE  
(By authority conferred on the executive director of the Michigan administrative  
hearing system by section 2 of 1970 PA 31, MCL 252.142, and section 7 of 1972 of  
PA 227, MCL 213.326, and Executive Reorganization Orders 2005-1 and 2011-4, MCL  
445.2021 and MCL 445.2030)  
R 247.401 Definitions.  
Rule 1. (1) "Commission" means the state highway commission.  
(2) "Department" means the department of  
transportation.  
state  
highways  
and  
(3) "Uniform act" means the uniform relocation assistance and real property  
acquisition policies act of 1970, Public Law 91-646.  
(4) "Aggrieved relocatee" means a person who may be entitled to  
a
determination pursuant to the uniform act who is dissatisfied with the department's  
determination with regard to their eligibility for benefits or the amount of the benefits.  
(5) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 247.402 Aggrieved relocatee's options.  
Rule 2. (1) An aggrieved relocatee who wishes to  
contest  
any  
determination made by the department concerning either eligibility for benefits or the  
amount of benefits due pursuant to the uniform act may either:  
(a) File written objections with the department's district right-of-way agent.  
(b) Appear before the department's district right-of-way agent and present his  
objections orally.  
(2) Objections, whether written or oral, shall be filed or presented within 6  
months after the aggrieved relocatee is given written notice of the determination to  
which objection is made.  
(3) The district right-of-way agent shall give written notice of his decision, by  
certified mail, within 30 days after receipt of written or oral objections.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 247.403 Rescinded.  
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History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 247.404 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 247.405 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 247.406 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 247.407 Appeals to commission.  
Rule 7. (1) The decision of the hearings officer may be appealed to  
the  
commission if written notice of appeal is filed by the aggrieved relocatee with the  
commission within 30 days after the hearings officer renders a decision.  
(2) On appeal to the commission, additional written evidence may be filed by  
the aggrieved relocatee and by the department within 10 days after filing the notice of  
appeal of the hearings officer's decision. In rendering its decision, the commission  
shall consider the entire hearing record, and additional written evidence which may  
have been filed by the aggrieved relocatee or the department. The commission may  
request the aggrieved relocatee to appear personally. The commission shall inform the  
aggrieved relocatee and the department of its decision on the appeal by sending each  
of them a copy of its written decision within 30 days after the commission meets  
following the filing of additional written evidence.  
(3) If the commission affirms the hearings officer's decision, the aggrieved  
relocatee may seek legal remedies in the appropriate state or federal court as provided  
by statutes and court rules.  
History: 1979 AC.  
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