Title MHA, Municipal Housing Authorities

* § 60. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited and\nreferred to as the "municipal housing authorities law."\n * NB The text of Article 5 of the former State Housing Law (cited\nherein as the "Municipal Housing Authorities Law"), as such article\nexisted immedi…

* § 61. Finding. It is hereby declared that in certain areas of\ncounties, cities and first class villages of the state there exist\nunsanitary or substandard housing conditions owing to over-crowding and\nconcentration of population, improper planning, excessive land coverage,\…

* § 62. Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to\nin this article, shall have the following meaning, unless a different\nmeaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. The term "authority" shall mean a municipal housing authority\nestablished pursuant to th…

* § 63. Establishment and organizations of authorities. 1. An\nauthority may be established by a county, city or first class village\nupon (i) the passage of a resolution by the local legislative body,\nauthorizing the establishment of a housing authority and directing the\nmayo…

* § 64. Officers and employees. 1. When the office of the first\nchairman of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a\nchairman from among its members. An authority shall select among its\nmembers a vice-chairman, and it may employ a secretary, who shall be\nex…

* § 65. Loans and payments by municipality. 1. A municipality may\nadvance, lend or agree to lend to an authority, or it may pay or agree\nwith an authority or government to pay to an authority, without\nreimbursement by or liability of the authority or government therefor,\nsuc…

* § 66. Powers of authority. An authority shall constitute a body both\ncorporate and politic. It shall have the following powers in addition to\nothers herein granted.\n To investigate into living and housing conditions in the county, city\nor village and into the means and met…

* § 67. Powers and duties of board. The board shall collect and\ndistribute information relating to the administration of housing\nauthorities and to the construction, maintenance and operation of\nprojects. The board shall suggest and assist in the preparation of\nlegislation r…

* § 68. Projects. An authority shall file with the board a copy of\neach proposed project embodying the plans, layout, estimated costs and\nproposed method of financing. The board shall with reasonable promptness\ntransmit to the authority its criticisms and suggestions. Any cha…

* § 69. Acquisition of property. 1. When an authority has determined\nthat unsanitary or substandard housing conditions exist in a section or\nsections of the municipality, it may secure options on real property in\nsuch areas or elsewhere. No authority may purchase or condemn o…

* § 70. Eminent domain. 1. The power of eminent domain may be\nexercised by or for an authority after the adoption by it of a\nresolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described\ntherein is in the public interest and necessary for the public use and\nthat such p…

* § 71. Sale or lease of projects to limited dividend corporations. 1.\nA public limited dividend corporation may lease or purchase a project or\na part thereof from an authority. The lease or sale shall be upon such\nterms including limitation of rentals, regulation of occupanc…

* § 72. Bonds and security therefor. 1. An authority may from time to\ntime issue bonds in such amounts and upon such terms as it may deem\nadvisable to carry out the provisions of this article. Bonds of an\nauthority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued singl…

* § 73. Non-liability of state or municipality. The bonds or other\nobligations of an authority shall not be a debt of the state or the\nmunicipality and neither the state nor the municipality shall be liable\nthereon nor shall an authority have power in any way to pledge the\nc…

* § 74. Tax exemptions. 1. An authority shall be exempt from the\npayment of any taxes or fees to the state or any subdivision thereof or\nto any officer or employee of the state or subdivision thereof.\n 2. Bonds and mortgages of an authority are declared to be issued for a\npu…

* § 75. Foreclosure and other remedies. 1. In an action to foreclose a\nmortgage on real property of an authority, the authority and the\nmunicipality, in addition to all other necessary parties, shall be made\nparties defendant and shall take such steps in said action as may be…

* § 76. Dissolution. An authority or the city may apply to the supreme\ncourt in any county in which the city or any part thereof is located,\nfor an order dissolving the authority. The court thereupon shall hold a\nhearing in open court after such notice of hearing as the court…

* § 77. Miscellaneous. 1. For the purposes of the application of the\nlien law and of the general corporation law an authority shall be deemed\nto be a municipal corporation. The term "public improvement" used in the\nlien law shall be deemed to include an improvement upon real …

* § 78. Effect of partial invalidity. If any provision of this article\nor the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held\ninvalid, the validity of the remainder of this article and of the\napplication of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall\nn…