Cooperation with other entities

A housing authority may exercise any or all of its powers to aid and cooperate with the federal government in making housing available for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities; may act as agent for the federal government in developing and administering projects undertaken by the federal government to provide such housing; may lease such projects from the federal government; and may arrange with other public bodies and with private agencies for such services and facilities as may be needed for such projects. History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 161, § 3; Ga. L. 1951, p. 127, § 2; Ga. L. 1951, p. 607, § 2; Ga. L. 1959, p. 141, § 2; Ga. L. 1962, p. 734, § 2. 8-3-135. Aid and cooperation by state public bodies in development and administration of projects. (a) With respect to projects undertaken by a housing authority or the federal government to provide housing for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities, any state public body, as defined in Code Section 8-3-152, shall have all the rights and powers to aid and cooperate in the development or administration of such projects that it has under any provision of law relating to its aiding or cooperating in the development or administration of low-rent housing and slum clearance projects in the same manner as though all the provisions of law applicable thereto were applicable to projects undertaken by a housing authority or by the federal government to provide housing for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities. (b) With respect to projects located outside the territorial boundaries of a state public body which are undertaken by a housing authority or the federal government to provide housing for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities, such state public body may furnish or contract to furnish, upon such terms as it deems advisable, public services or facilities for any such project if the 1009 8-3-137 governing body of the city or county, as the case may be, in which such project is located shall, by resolution, consent thereto. History. Ga. L. 1943, p. 161, § 4; Ga. L. 1951, p. 607, § 2. 8-3-136. Issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations.