17-2339.Definitions.
The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this act, shall
have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly
appears from the context:
(a) "Housing authority" or "authority" shall mean any agency of a
municipality created pursuant to this act.
(b) "State public body" shall mean any city, county, township, municipal
corporation, commission, district authority, or other subdivision or public
body of the state.
(c) "Governing body" shall mean the council, board of commissioners, or
other body of the municipality in which is vested legislative authority
customarily imposed on the council or board of commissioners.
(d) "Mayor" shall mean the mayor of the city or the officer thereof
charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor of the city or the
officer thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or
executive head of a city.
(e) "Clerk" shall mean the clerk of the city or county or the officer
charged with the duties customarily imposed on such clerk.
(f) "Area of operation" shall include such municipality and the area
within five (5) miles of the territorial city boundaries thereof:
Provided, Such area shall not include any area which lies within the
territorial boundaries of another city as herein defined without the
consent of the other city nor any area in another county.
(g) "Federal government" shall include the United States of America, the
public housing administration, or any other agency or instrumentality,
corporate or otherwise of the United States of America.
(h) "Slum" means any area where dwellings predominate which by reason of
dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of
ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or any combination of these
factors are detrimental to safety, health and morals.
(i) "Housing project" or "project" shall mean any work or undertaking to
provide decent, safe and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or
other living accommodations for persons of low income. Such work or
undertaking may include buildings, land, equipment, facilities, and other
real or personal property for necessary, convenient or desirable
appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, utilities, parks, site
preparation, landscaping, administrative, community, health, recreational,
welfare, or other purposes. The term "housing project" or "project" also
may be applied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the
acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the
construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of the improvements and
all other work in connection therewith, and the term shall include all
other real and personal property and all tangible or intangible assets held
or used in connection with the housing project.
(j) "Persons of low income" shall mean persons or families who lack the
amount of income which is necessary (as determined by the city or county
undertaking a project) to enable them without financial assistance, to live
in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding.
(k) "Elderly person" shall mean a single person or a family, the head of
which (or his spouse) has attained retirement age as defined in section 216
(a) of the federal social security act or who is under a disability as
defined in section 223 of said act.
(l) "Bonds" shall mean any bonds, notes, interim certificates,
debentures, or other obligations issued by a municipality or an authority
pursuant to this act.
(m) "Real property" shall include all lands, including improvements and
fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used
in connection therewith, and every estate, interest and right, legal or
equitable, therein, including terms for years.
(n) "Obligee" shall include any bondholder, agent or trustee for any
bondholder, or lessor demising to a municipality property used in
connection with a project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor's
interest or any part thereof, and the federal government when it is a party
to any contract with the municipality in respect to a housing project.
(o) "Municipality" shall mean any city or county.
History: L. 1957, ch. 132, § 3; L. 1961, ch. 121, § 2; L. 1965,
ch. 154, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 79, §2; L. 1973, ch. 96, §
1; July 1.
17-2339.Definitions.
The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this act, shall
have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly
appears from the context:
(a) "Housing authority" or "authority" shall mean any agency of a
municipality created pursuant to this act.
(b) "State public body" shall mean any city, county, township, municipal
corporation, commission, district authority, or other subdivision or public
body of the state.
(c) "Governing body" shall mean the council, board of commissioners, or
other body of the municipality in which is vested legislative authority
customarily imposed on the council or board of commissioners.
(d) "Mayor" shall mean the mayor of the city or the officer thereof
charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor of the city or the
officer thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or
executive head of a city.
(e) "Clerk" shall mean the clerk of the city or county or the officer
charged with the duties customarily imposed on such clerk.
(f) "Area of operation" shall include such municipality and the area
within five (5) miles of the territorial city boundaries thereof:
Provided, Such area shall not include any area which lies within the
territorial boundaries of another city as herein defined without the
consent of the other city nor any area in another county.
(g) "Federal government" shall include the United States of America, the
public housing administration, or any other agency or instrumentality,
corporate or otherwise of the United States of America.
(h) "Slum" means any area where dwellings predominate which by reason of
dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of
ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or any combination of these
factors are detrimental to safety, health and morals.
(i) "Housing project" or "project" shall mean any work or undertaking to
provide decent, safe and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or
other living accommodations for persons of low income. Such work or
undertaking may include buildings, land, equipment, facilities, and other
real or personal property for necessary, convenient or desirable
appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, utilities, parks, site
preparation, landscaping, administrative, community, health, recreational,
welfare, or other purposes. The term "housing project" or "project" also
may be applied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the
acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the
construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of the improvements and
all other work in connection therewith, and the term shall include all
other real and personal property and all tangible or intangible assets held
or used in connection with the housing project.
(j) "Persons of low income" shall mean persons or families who lack the
amount of income which is necessary (as determined by the city or county
undertaking a project) to enable them without financial assistance, to live
in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding.
(k) "Elderly person" shall mean a single person or a family, the head of
which (or his spouse) has attained retirement age as defined in section 216
(a) of the federal social security act or who is under a disability as
defined in section 223 of said act.
(l) "Bonds" shall mean any bonds, notes, interim certificates,
debentures, or other obligations issued by a municipality or an authority
pursuant to this act.
(m) "Real property" shall include all lands, including improvements and
fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used
in connection therewith, and every estate, interest and right, legal or
equitable, therein, including terms for years.
(n) "Obligee" shall include any bondholder, agent or trustee for any
bondholder, or lessor demising to a municipality property used in
connection with a project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor's
interest or any part thereof, and the federal government when it is a party
to any contract with the municipality in respect to a housing project.
(o) "Municipality" shall mean any city or county.
History: L. 1957, ch. 132, § 3; L. 1961, ch. 121, § 2; L. 1965,
ch. 154, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 79, §2; L. 1973, ch. 96, §
1; July 1.
17-2339.Definitions.
The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this act, shall
have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly
appears from the context:
(a) "Housing authority" or "authority" shall mean any agency of a
municipality created pursuant to this act.
(b) "State public body" shall mean any city, county, township, municipal
corporation, commission, district authority, or other subdivision or public
body of the state.
(c) "Governing body" shall mean the council, board of commissioners, or
other body of the municipality in which is vested legislative authority
customarily imposed on the council or board of commissioners.
(d) "Mayor" shall mean the mayor of the city or the officer thereof
charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor of the city or the
officer thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or
executive head of a city.
(e) "Clerk" shall mean the clerk of the city or county or the officer
charged with the duties customarily imposed on such clerk.
(f) "Area of operation" shall include such municipality and the area
within five (5) miles of the territorial city boundaries thereof:
Provided, Such area shall not include any area which lies within the
territorial boundaries of another city as herein defined without the
consent of the other city nor any area in another county.
(g) "Federal government" shall include the United States of America, the
public housing administration, or any other agency or instrumentality,
corporate or otherwise of the United States of America.
(h) "Slum" means any area where dwellings predominate which by reason of
dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of
ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or any combination of these
factors are detrimental to safety, health and morals.
(i) "Housing project" or "project" shall mean any work or undertaking to
provide decent, safe and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or
other living accommodations for persons of low income. Such work or
undertaking may include buildings, land, equipment, facilities, and other
real or personal property for necessary, convenient or desirable
appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, utilities, parks, site
preparation, landscaping, administrative, community, health, recreational,
welfare, or other purposes. The term "housing project" or "project" also
may be applied to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the
acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the
construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of the improvements and
all other work in connection therewith, and the term shall include all
other real and personal property and all tangible or intangible assets held
or used in connection with the housing project.
(j) "Persons of low income" shall mean persons or families who lack the
amount of income which is necessary (as determined by the city or county
undertaking a project) to enable them without financial assistance, to live
in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding.
(k) "Elderly person" shall mean a single person or a family, the head of
which (or his spouse) has attained retirement age as defined in section 216
(a) of the federal social security act or who is under a disability as
defined in section 223 of said act.
(l) "Bonds" shall mean any bonds, notes, interim certificates,
debentures, or other obligations issued by a municipality or an authority
pursuant to this act.
(m) "Real property" shall include all lands, including improvements and
fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used
in connection therewith, and every estate, interest and right, legal or
equitable, therein, including terms for years.
(n) "Obligee" shall include any bondholder, agent or trustee for any
bondholder, or lessor demising to a municipality property used in
connection with a project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor's
interest or any part thereof, and the federal government when it is a party
to any contract with the municipality in respect to a housing project.
(o) "Municipality" shall mean any city or county.
History: L. 1957, ch. 132, § 3; L. 1961, ch. 121, § 2; L. 1965,
ch. 154, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 79, §2; L. 1973, ch. 96, §
1; July 1.