CHAPTER 19. AID TO HOUSING AUTHORITIES

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    Chapter 19. Aid to Housing Authorities

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Application of chapter
    Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all political subdivisions.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.

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Aid by political subdivisions; authorization
    Sec. 2. A political subdivision may spend public money for andgive other aid to a housing authority that operates within thejurisdiction of the political subdivision.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.

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Powers of political subdivisions
    Sec. 3. (a) A political subdivision has all the powers necessary orconvenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking,construction, or operation of:
        (1) a housing project under this article; or
        (2) a similar project of the federal government.
    (b) The powers granted to a political subdivision by this sectioninclude the power to:
        (1) furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan,or replan public ways, sidewalks, or other places, if it isotherwise empowered to do so;
        (2) plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of the politicalsubdivision;
        (3) make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances;
        (4) enter into agreements (which may extend over any period,notwithstanding any law to the contrary) with a housingauthority or the federal government respecting powers to beexercised by the political subdivision under this chapter;
        (5) purchase or legally invest in the bonds, notes, or warrants ofa housing authority and exercise all of the rights of a holder ofhousing authority bonds, notes, or warrants;
        (6) incur the entire expense of any public improvements itmakes in exercising the powers granted in this chapter;
        (7) provide financial assistance of any nature to a housingauthority;
        (8) acquire for, lease or transfer to, or exchange or trade with ahousing authority any interest in real or personal property; and
        (9) exercise all powers granted by this section upon termsdetermined by the fiscal body of the political subdivision.
    (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), if a housingauthority:
        (1) acquires or takes over a housing project from the federalgovernment; and
        (2) finds, by resolution, that the project is constructed in a

manner that promotes the public interest and affords necessarysafety, sanitation, and other protection;
a political subdivision may not require any changes in the housingproject.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.

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Contracts for services, improvements, and facilities
    Sec. 4. In connection with:
        (1) a housing project under this article; or
        (2) a similar project of the federal government;
wholly or partly within its jurisdiction, a political subdivision maycontract with a housing authority or the federal government withrespect to the sums (if any) that the housing authority or the federalgovernment agrees to pay, during any year or period of years, to thepolitical subdivision for the improvements, services, and facilities tobe furnished by it for the benefit of the housing project. However, theamount of these payments may not exceed the estimated cost to thepolitical subdivision of the improvements, services, or facilities to befurnished. The absence of a contract for payment does not relieve thepolitical subdivision of the duty to furnish, for the benefit of thehousing project, improvements, services, and facilities that thepolitical subdivision usually furnishes without a service fee.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.

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Resolutions authorizing exercise of powers
    Sec. 5. A political subdivision may exercise the powers grantedby this chapter if authorized by a resolution of its fiscal body. Theresolution takes effect immediately and need not be laid over,published, or posted.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.

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Appropriations
    Sec. 6. When a housing authority is established in a politicalsubdivision, the fiscal body of the subdivision shall immediatelymake an estimate of the amount of money necessary for theadministrative expenses and overhead of the authority during the firstyear after that, and shall appropriate that amount to the authority outof any unappropriated money in the treasury of the subdivision.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.