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14-169-202. Legislative declarations.
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14-169-202. Legislative declarations.
It is declared that:
(1) There exist in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in insanitary or unsafe accommodations; within the state there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of low income can afford, and that those persons are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the state and impair economic values; these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities;
(2) Slum areas in the state cannot be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income be relieved, through the operation of private enterprise, and that the construction of housing projects for persons of low income, as defined in § 14-169-203, would therefore not be competitive with private enterprise;
(3) The clearance, replanning, and reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are exclusively public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern;
(4) It is a proper public purpose for any state public body to aid, as provided in this subchapter, any housing authority operating within its boundaries or jurisdiction or any housing project located ther
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-169-202
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14-169-202. Legislative declarations.
It is declared that:
(1) There exist in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in insanitary or unsafe accommodations; within the state there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of low income can afford, and that those persons are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the state and impair economic values; these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities;
(2) Slum areas in the state cannot be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income be relieved, through the operation of private enterprise, and that the construction of housing projects for persons of low income, as defined in § 14-169-203, would therefore not be competitive with private enterprise;
(3) The clearance, replanning, and reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are exclusively public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern;
(4) It is a proper public purpose for any state public body to aid, as provided in this subchapter, any housing authority operating within its boundaries or jurisdiction or any housing project located therein, as the state public body derives immediate benefits and advantages from such an authority or project;
(5) It is in the public interest that work on housing projects be commenced as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which constitutes an emergency; and
(6) The necessity in the public interest for the provisions enacted in this subchapter is declared as a matter of legislative determination.
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14-169-203. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Authority” or “housing authority” means any of the public corporations created by § 14-169-207;
(2) “City” means any city of the first or second class or any incorporated town. “The city” means the particular city or town for which a particular housing authority is created;
(3) “County” means any county in the state. “The county” means the particular county for which a particular housing authority is created;
(4) “State public body” means any city, town, county, municipal corporation, commission, district, authority, other subdivision, or other public body of the state;
(5) “Governing body” means:
(A) In the case of a city, the city council or other legislative body thereof;
(B) In the case of a county, the county court or other legislative body thereof; and
(C) In the case of other state public bodies, the council, commissioners, board, or other body having charge of the fiscal affairs of the state public body;
(6) “Mayor” means the mayor of the city or the officer thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or executive head of the city;
(7) “Clerk” means the clerk of the city or the clerk of the county, as the case may be, or the officer of the city or the county, charged with the duties customarily imposed on the clerk;
(8) “Area of operation” means:
(A) In the case of a housing authority of a city having a population of less than ten thousand (10,000), the city and the area within five (5) miles of its territorial boundaries;
(B) In the case of a housing authority of a city having a population of ten thousand (10,000) or more, the city and the area within fifteen (15) miles of its territorial boundaries.
However, the area
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-169-203
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-169-203. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.