[§356D-56]  Lien on abandoned personalty,sale, etc.  Whenever the authority has in its possession for four monthsafter the termination of any residency or occupancy mentioned in this subpart,any personal property that has been left in or about any state low-incomehousing project by any person who formerly resided in, or occupied a room,dwelling unit, living quarters, or space in the state low-income housingproject, the authority may sell the same at public auction.  The proceeds ofsale shall be applied to the payment of its charges for storage of the personalproperty, for public notice and sale, and to the payment of other amounts, ifany, then due and owing to it from the former resident or occupant for rent orfor any utility or service.  Before any sale is made, the authority shall firstgive public notice of the time and place of sale at least two times in thecounty in which the personal property is located.  The notice shall contain abrief description of the property; the name, if known, of the former residentor occupant who left the property in or about the housing project; the amountof the charges for storage, if any; and the indebtedness, if any; and the timeand place of the sale.  The charges for storage, if any, and for notice and sale,and the indebtedness, if any, shall be a lien upon the personal property. Notices of several sales may be combined and given in one notice, and whenevercombined and given, the expenses of notice and sale shall be a lien and shallbe satisfied in ratable proportion according to the amount received for eachlot of property so noticed for sale. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]