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La. Rev. Stat. § 40:517 Mandatory indemnification
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§517. Mandatory indemnification Notwithstanding that a housing authority has failed or refused to agree to indemnify a representative, it shall indemnify any representative against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with any proceeding if the representative is whol…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:518 Advance for expenses
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§518. Advance for expenses A. A housing authority may in its discretion pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a representative who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding. B. Any authorization of payments under this Section …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:519 Determination and authority of indemnification
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§519. Determination and authority of indemnification A. A housing authority may indemnify a representative after a determination has been made that indemnification of the representative is not prohibited pursuant to R.S. 40:516(A) or (C). B. A determination that indemnification o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:52 Permit for removal, burial, cremation, or other disposition of body for a
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§52. Permit for removal, burial, cremation, or other disposition of body for a death in state; requirements to obtain death certificate before removing body out of the continental United States When a death or spontaneous fetal death (stillbirth) occurs in this state or when a de…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:520 Insurance
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§520. Insurance A housing authority may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a representative against liability asserted against or incurred by a representative who is or was a representative of a housing authority or who, while a representative, is or was serving at the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:521 Indemnification; extent; reimbursement of commissioner expenses as witness
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§521. Indemnification; extent; reimbursement of commissioner expenses as witness A. The indemnification and the provisions for advancement of expenses provided by R.S. 40:515 through 519 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a representative may be entitled u…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:522 Limitations
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§522. Limitations Nothing contained in R.S. 40:515 through 519 shall require or permit any payment to a representative that is redundant to the proceeds of any insurance policy payable to the representative in connection with the same matter as that for which indemnity would othe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:523 Planning and zoning
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§523. Planning and zoning Except as otherwise provided herein, all developments are subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, and building laws applicable to the locality in which the development is located. Acts 1993, No. 772, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:524 Exceptions for affordable housing or local housing authorities
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§524. Exceptions for affordable housing or local housing authorities A. In order to facilitate development, redevelopment, and other activities in furtherance of the purposes of this Chapter by local housing authorities and their affiliates, a municipality or parish may grant exc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:525 Local authority planning participation
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§525. Local authority planning participation With respect to matters relating to the purposes of this Chapter, each municipality or parish or regional planning body of this state shall, in its planning processes, take into account all recommendations of local housing authorities …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:526 Exempt records
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§526. Exempt records Notwithstanding any other law with respect to the availability of public records for inspection, the following records of a housing authority are exempt from public disclosure: (1) All records in the individual file of a resident, former resident, or applican…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:527 Permitted disclosure
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§527. Permitted disclosure A housing authority may provide any of the records described in R.S. 40:526: (1) To any recipient to whom disclosure is authorized pursuant to consent by all adult individuals identified in the record which is to be so disclosed. (2) To such parties as …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:528 Disclosure to residents and applicants; limitations
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§528. Disclosure to residents and applicants; limitations Any applicant or recipient of assistance from a housing authority may examine his or her individual file or files at reasonable times and intervals. However, a local housing authority shall have no obligation to disclose t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:529 Procedures for procurement of goods and services, sale or disposition of property, personnel management
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§529. Procedures for procurement of goods and services, sale or disposition of property, personnel management Local housing authorities shall adopt policies, rules, and procedures governing the procurement of goods or services, the sale or disposition of authority property, and t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:53 Foreign permits; death outside state
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§53. Foreign permits; death outside state When the death or spontaneous fetal death (stillbirth) occurred outside this state and the body is accompanied by a permit for burial, removal, or other disposition issued in accordance with the law and the regulations in force at the pla…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:530 Conflict of interest
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§530. Conflict of interest All housing authority officials and employees are subject to the state Code of Governmental Ethics. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:531 Appointment of commissioners to local housing authority
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§531. Appointment of commissioners to local housing authority A.(1) When the governing body of any municipality or parish, as the case may be, has determined, by resolution as set forth in R.S. 40:393, that it is expedient to establish a local housing authority, the chief elected…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:532 Terms of office for local housing authority commissioner
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§532. Terms of office for local housing authority commissioner A. In the case of local housing authorities, the commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:533 Vacancies in local authorities
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§533. Vacancies in local authorities Any vacancy in an unexpired term shall be filled for the remainder of the term. Vacancies shall be filled by the same authority and in the same manner as the original appointment. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 401, §28; Acts 1952, No. 127, §15; Ac…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:534 Certificate of appointment or reappointment
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§534. Certificate of appointment or reappointment A certificate of appointment or reappointment of any commissioner appointed or reappointed by the chief elected official or governing body of a municipality or parish, as the case may be, shall be filed with the secretary or clerk…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:535 Eligibility of commissioners
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§535. Eligibility of commissioners Every commissioner shall be a resident of the area of operation of the housing authority which he or she has been appointed to serve. However, if after appointment a commissioner ceases to reside in the local housing authority's area of operatio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:536 Tenant commissioners
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§536. Tenant commissioners Tenancy in a local housing authority development or receipt of other assistance from such authority shall not preclude the appointment of any person to serve as a commissioner. Notwithstanding any other Subpart of this Chapter, a resident or recipient o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:537 Removal of commissioners
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§537. Removal of commissioners A.(1) A commissioner of a local housing authority may be removed for neglect of duty, misconduct in office, or conviction of any felony. (2) A commissioner of a local housing authority in any municipality or parish may be removed on any such grounds…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:538 Validity of actions of board of commissioners
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§538. Validity of actions of board of commissioners No action taken by the commissioners of an authority shall be invalid because of the ineligibility of any commissioner to serve in such capacity. All actions taken by a board of commissioners shall be presumed valid unless other…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:539 Selection of chairman and vice chairman; executive director; hiring of employees
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§539. Selection of chairman and vice chairman; executive director; hiring of employees A.(1) The mayor of the municipality or the governing body of the parish, as the case may be, shall designate the first chairman of the municipality or parish authority, but thereafter the autho…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:54 Prerequisites for permit
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§54. Prerequisites for permit A permit shall be issued for burial within the state, for interment in a vault or tomb, for removal from the state, for scientific use, cremation, or other disposition without the necessity of a completed death certificate. However, no permit for the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:540 Compensation; expense reimbursements to commissioners
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§540. Compensation; expense reimbursements to commissioners A. Except as otherwise approved by the governing body of the municipality or parish for which the local housing authority was formed, or, in the case of regional or consolidated housing authorities, the governing bodies …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:541 Dissolution of local housing authorities
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§541. Dissolution of local housing authorities Any local housing authority may, by written resolution, elect to dissolve, provided that no such dissolution or any transfer of property pursuant to dissolution shall occur unless all of the following conditions are met: (1) The gove…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:542 Rights and obligations upon transfer, dissolution
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§542. Rights and obligations upon transfer, dissolution Within a reasonable time subsequent to approval by all necessary parties of a local housing authority's resolution to dissolve, the authority shall transfer its assets and liabilities to the transferee designated in the reso…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:543 Area of operation after dissolution
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§543. Area of operation after dissolution After any dissolution and transfer, notwithstanding anything contained in R.S. 40:396, the area of operation of the receiving local housing authority shall include, nonexclusively, the area of operation of the transferring local housing a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:544 Dissolution of regional and consolidated housing authorities
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§544. Dissolution of regional and consolidated housing authorities A regional or consolidated housing authority desiring to dissolve may do so in the same manner as provided in R.S. 40:542, provided that consent of all participating municipalities and parishes shall be required a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:545 Private rights of action; third party beneficiary rights
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§545. Private rights of action; third party beneficiary rights Except with respect to enforcing any right to indemnification under R.S. 40:516 or any right of an obligee under R.S. 40:475 and 476, and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, this Chapter shall …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:546 Meetings of commissioners
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§546. Meetings of commissioners Nothing contained in this Part prevents meetings of the commissioners of a housing authority anywhere within the perimeter boundaries of the area of operation of the authority or within any additional area where the housing authority is authorized …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:547 Validating provisions
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§547. Validating provisions A. The creation and establishment of housing authorities pursuant to, or purporting to be pursuant to, this Chapter, together with all proceedings, acts and things undertaken, performed, or done with reference thereto, are hereby validated, ratified, c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:548 Filing false reports on income; penalty
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§548. Filing false reports on income; penalty Whoever files a false report of his income with any housing authority, with knowledge of its falsity, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Acts 1997, No. 1188…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:549 Legal construction
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§549. Legal construction This Chapter shall be construed liberally to effect the charitable and public purposes thereof. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:55 Marriage certificate; compulsory registration of marriages
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§55. Marriage certificate; compulsory registration of marriages The marriage certificate is the record prepared for every marriage on a form approved by the state registrar. It shall contain the information prescribed. On the face of the certificate shall appear the certification…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:550 Partial invalidity; severability
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§550. Partial invalidity; severability If any provision of this Chapter or the application thereof to particular circumstances is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the remainder of the Chapter or the application of that provision to other circumstances shall not be affe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:561 Definitions
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§561. Definitions As used in this Subpart, the following terms shall apply unless the context clearly states otherwise: (1) "Applicant" means a person applying for benefits under a public housing assistance program covered by HUD and with respect to whom wage record and unemploym…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:562 Housing authorities' ability to obtain information
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§562. Housing authorities' ability to obtain information Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, particularly the provisions of R.S. 23:1660(C), any housing authority in the state and Louisiana Works may enter into a cooperative agreement for the ongoing disclosure…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:563 Procedures
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§563. Procedures A. Each participating housing authority shall establish conditions, safeguards, and procedures for the ongoing disclosure of any information received under the authority of this Subpart. These procedures shall be in writing and shall be available, upon request, t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:564 Violations
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§564. Violations A. Any person who knowingly and willfully requests or obtains any wage record or unemployment compensation information under false pretense, or who knowingly and willfully discloses any such information in any manner to any individual not entitled under law to re…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:57 Divorce certificate; registration of divorces and annulments
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§57. Divorce certificate; registration of divorces and annulments For every divorce and every annulment of marriage decreed by any court, the clerk of the court shall prepare, within ten days after the decree becomes final, from the court records, a certificate of the decree on f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:570 Title
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§570. Title This Part may be referred to as the "Housing Cooperation Law". Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:571 Finding and declaration of necessity
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§571. Finding and declaration of necessity It has been found and declared in the Housing Authorities Law that there generally exist in urban and rural sections throughout the state, slum or blighted areas, unsafe or insanitary dwelling accommodations and a shortage of safe and sa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:572 Definitions
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§572. Definitions The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this Part, have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) "Blighted area" means an area, other than a slum area, where by reason of the predominance of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:573 Cooperation in undertaking housing projects
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§573. Cooperation in undertaking housing projects For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of housing developments or redevelopment projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body m…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:574 Exception of contracts from requirements of appraisal; advertising and bidding
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§574. Exception of contracts from requirements of appraisal; advertising and bidding Any sale, lease, or other agreement provided for in R.S. 40:573 may be made by a state public body without appraisal, public notice, advertising, or public bidding. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:575 Exception of certain developments from regulations of state public body
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§575. Exception of certain developments from regulations of state public body With respect to any housing development which a housing authority has acquired or taken over from the federal government and which the housing authority by resolution has found to have been constructed …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:576 Agreements on taxes due by housing authority; East Baton Rouge Parish excepted
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§576. Agreements on taxes due by housing authority; East Baton Rouge Parish excepted In connection with any housing development located wholly or partly within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body, except in East Baton Rouge Parish, may agree with a ho…
