Article 1. Housing Authorities

Part 1. General Provisions

• § 8-3-1. Short Title
• § 8-3-2. Legislative Findings and Declaration of Necessity
• § 8-3-3. Definitions
• § 8-3-3.1. Additional Definitions
• § 8-3-4. Creation of Housing Authorities
• § 8-3-5. Findings Required Before Adoption of Resolution
• § 8-3-6. Resolution As Conclusive Evidence of Authority's Establishment and Authority
• § 8-3-7. Applicability of Local Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations to Housing Projects
• § 8-3-8. Exemption of Authorities and Their Property From Taxes and Special Assessments; Payments In Lieu of Taxes and Special Assessments
• § 8-3-9. Filing Reports With Clerk; Recommending Legislation Or Other Necessary Action
• § 8-3-10. Vesting of Fee Simple Title Upon an Authority's Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain
• § 8-3-11. Renting of Housing Units -- Requirements As to Fixing of Rentals By Authorities Generally
• § 8-3-12. Dwelling Accommodations For Persons of Low Income; Duties With Respect to Rentals and Tenant Selection
• § 8-3-13. Cooperation and Joint Operation By Authorities
• § 8-3-14. Consolidated Housing Authorities For Two Or More Municipalities
• § 8-3-15. Extraterritorial Operation of City Housing Authorities
• § 8-3-16. Providing Housing In Rural Areas
• § 8-3-17. Powers of Authorities and Board of Regents As to Dormitories; Venue For Actions Regarding Rights In Projects and Questions As to Issuance of Bonds; Validation and Confirmation of Bonds

Part 2. Powers of Housing Authorities Generally

• § 8-3-30. General Powers; Applicability of Laws As to Acquisition, Operation, Or Disposition of Property By Other Public Bodies
• § 8-3-31. Eminent Domain
• § 8-3-31.1. [Public Use Defined; Exercise of Eminent Domain]
• § 8-3-32. Borrowing Money and Accepting Grants and Other Financial Assistance From Federal Government; Taking Over, Leasing, Or Managing Projects Constructed Or Owned By Federal Government; Purpose and Intent of Article
• § 8-3-33. Contracts and Agreements With Federal Government to Obtain Federal Contributions to Housing Projects
• § 8-3-34. Housing Studies and Analyses
• § 8-3-35. Legislative Findings; Additional Powers of Authority; Effect of Financing With Bond Proceeds; Issuance, Sale, Confirmation, and Validation of Bonds; Venue of Actions
• § 8-3-36. Prohibition of Non-Residents Suspected of Criminal Acts

Part 3. Housing Authority Commissioners

• § 8-3-50. Appointment, Qualifications, and Tenure of Commissioners; Reimbursement For Expenses
• § 8-3-51. Commissioners Authority; Quorum; Voting By Commissioners; Chairman; Vice-Chairman; Employment of Personnel; Obtaining Legal Services; Delegation of Powers Or Duties
• § 8-3-52. Disclosure and Abstention Requirements For Interested Commissioners and Employees
• § 8-3-53. Removal of Commissioners

Part 4. Obligations On Bonds and Leases

• § 8-3-70. Bonds -- Power of Authorities to Issue Bonds; Types of Bonds; Security For Bonds
• § 8-3-71. Bonds -- Liability of Commissioner, State, and Political Subdivisions; Status of Bonds In Regard to Constitutional and Statutory Debt Limitations and Restrictions
• § 8-3-72. Bonds -- Exemption of Bonds and Interest From Taxation; Article As Contract By Housing Authorities and State With Bondholders and Transferees
• § 8-3-73. Bonds -- Form; Terms; Rate of Interest
• § 8-3-74. Bonds -- Public Sale of Bonds; Exceptions
• § 8-3-75. Bonds -- Validity of Signatures; Negotiability
• § 8-3-76. Bonds -- Effect of Recital of Purpose On Face of Bond
• § 8-3-77. Powers of Authorities As to Securing Payment of Bonds and Lease Obligations
• § 8-3-78. Remedies of Obligee of an Authority Generally
• § 8-3-79. Additional Remedies Conferrable On Obligee By an Authority
• § 8-3-80. Exemption of Property of Authorities From Execution Sale; Charges Or Liens On Property of Authorities; Enforcement of Mortgages, Pledges, Or Liens By Obligees of Authorities
• § 8-3-81. Bonds and Other Obligations of Authorities As Legal Investments

Part 5. Regional Housing Authorities

• § 8-3-100. Procedure For Creating an Authority
• § 8-3-101. Transfer of Property to an Authority
• § 8-3-102. Conditions Precedent to Adoption of Resolution Declaring Need For an Authority
• § 8-3-103. Public Hearings On Adoption of Resolution
• § 8-3-104. Resolution As Conclusive Evidence of an Authority's Establishment; Sufficiency of Resolution; Admissibility
• § 8-3-105. Powers of an Authority Generally
• § 8-3-106. Commissioners -- Appointment By County Governing Bodies
• § 8-3-107. Commissioners -- Appointment of Additional Commissioner
• § 8-3-108. Commissioners -- Terms of Office; Removal; Record of Removal Proceedings
• § 8-3-109. Commissioners -- Vesting of Powers of an Authority In Commissioners; Selection of Chairman and Other Officers; Employees; Quorum; Location of Meetings
• § 8-3-110. Area of Operation of County and Regional Authorities
• § 8-3-111. Addition of Counties to an Authority -- Procedure; Effect
• § 8-3-112. Addition of Counties to an Authority -- Transfer of Property to Authority
• § 8-3-113. Addition of Counties to an Authority -- Conditions Precedent to Adoption of Resolution Declaring Need For Expansion of Authority
• § 8-3-114. Exclusion of Counties From Regional Authority -- Procedure Generally; Effect of Reducing Area of Operation to One County
• § 8-3-115. Exclusion of County From Regional Authority -- Conditions Precedent to Adoption of Resolution Declaring Need For Exclusion
• § 8-3-116. Detachment of a County By Its Own Resolution; Assumption of Regional Authority's Bonds, Notes, and Other Obligations By an Authority Thereafter Established For County
• § 8-3-117. Creation of an Authority For a County After Exclusion Or Detachment From a Regional Authority; Appointment of Commissioners; Scope of Powers; Subsequent Inclusion In a Regional Authority
• § 8-3-118. Public Hearing Prior to Adoption of Resolution

Part 6. Providing Housing For Persons Engaged In National Defense Industries Or Activities

• § 8-3-130. Declaration of Necessity
• § 8-3-131. Definitions
• § 8-3-132. Conditions Precedent to Exercise of Powers By an Authority; Scope of Rights and Powers of an Authority Generally
• § 8-3-133. Existence of War Or National Emergency As Condition Precedent to Initiation of Project
• § 8-3-134. Cooperation By an Authority With Federal Government, Other Public Bodies, and Private Agencies; Leases of Projects By an Authority From Federal Government
• § 8-3-135. Aid and Cooperation By State Public Bodies In Development and Administration of Projects
• § 8-3-136. Issuance of Bonds, Notes, and Other Obligations By an Authority
• § 8-3-137. Authorization For an Authority to Undertake Projects and to Cooperate With Or Act As Agent For Federal Government; Applicability of Limitations, Restrictions, and Requirements In Other; Scope of Powers