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14-169-702. Definitions.
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14-169-702. Definitions.
As used in §§ 14-169-708 — 14-169-713, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Governing body” means the legislative body of a municipality;
(2) “Housing authority” means any public corporation created under § 14-169-207;
(3) “Municipality” means a city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town; and
(4) “Undertaken” means:
(A) Real property has been purchased for the urban renewal project;
(B) A contract for the purchase of real property for the urban renewal project has been executed; or
(C) A housing authority has received funds for the planning or execution of the urban renewal project.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-169-702
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14-169-702. Definitions.
As used in §§ 14-169-708 — 14-169-713, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Governing body” means the legislative body of a municipality;
(2) “Housing authority” means any public corporation created under § 14-169-207;
(3) “Municipality” means a city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town; and
(4) “Undertaken” means:
(A) Real property has been purchased for the urban renewal project;
(B) A contract for the purchase of real property for the urban renewal project has been executed; or
(C) A housing authority has received funds for the planning or execution of the urban renewal project.
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14-169-207. Creation of authorities.
(a)(1) In each city and in each county of the state there is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the “housing authority” of the city or county.
(2)(A) An authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers under this subchapter until or unless the governing body of the city or the county, as the case may be, by proper resolution shall declare at any time that there is need for an authority to function in the city or county.
(B) The determination as to whether there is a need for an authority to function:
(i) May be made by the governing body on its own motion; or
(ii) Shall be made by the governing body upon the filing of a petition signed by twenty-five (25) residents of the city or the county, as the case may be, asserting that there is need for an authority to function in the city or county and requesting that the governing body so declare.
(b)(1) The governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for a housing authority in the city or county, as the case may be, if it shall find that:
(A) Insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the city or county; or
(B) There is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the city or county available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford.
(2) In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or insanitary, the governing body may take into consideration:
(A) The degree of overcrowding;
(B) The percentage of land coverage;
(C) The light, air, space, and access available to the inhabitants of the dwelling accommodations;
(D) The size and arrangement of the rooms;
(E) The sanitary facilities; and
(F) The extent to which conditions exist in the buildings
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-169-207
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 14-169-207. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-169-708. Adoption of powers by municipality.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this subchapter, it is provided that in any municipality in this state where on January 10, 1961, a housing authority has not been established or a housing authority is established but the authority has not undertaken an urban renewal project, the municipality may, if the local governing body, by resolution, determines such action to be in the public interest, elect to have the same powers with respect to urban renewal and redevelopment that are conferred on a housing authority by §§ 14-169-601 — 14-169-609, 14-169-701, and 14-169-703 — 14-169-707, to be exercised by an urban renewal agency created by § 14-169-709 or by a housing authority if one is authorized for, or subsequently established in, the municipality.
(b) In the event the local governing body makes such determination, the urban renewal agency or the housing authority, as the case may be, shall be vested with all such urban renewal powers as are conferred by this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-169-708
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 14-169-708. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-169-713. Interest of commissioner or employee in project or property or contract in connection with project.
(a) No commissioner or employee of an agency shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any urban renewal project nor in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any urban renewal project.
(b)(1) If any commissioner or employee of an agency owns or controls a direct or indirect interest in any property included or planned to be included in any urban renewal project, he immediately shall disclose it, in writing, to the agency. This disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the agency.
(2) Failure so to disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-169-713
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 14-169-713. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.