Sec. 8-42. Commissioners and employees to have no interest in project. Limitation on employment of former commissioners.
Sec. 8-42. Commissioners and employees to have no interest in project. Limitation on employment of former commissioners. (a) No commissioner or employee
of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or 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 housing project. If any commissioner or
employee of an authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property
included or planned to be included in any housing project, he shall immediately disclose
the same in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes
of the authority. Failure so to disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office.
Occupancy of a dwelling unit owned by the housing authority or enrolled in a program
of housing authority assistance to low-income families in private accommodations shall
not be deemed an interest in any project or in a contract for materials or services or in
property included in any project for the purposes of this section.
(b) No person who has served as a commissioner of an authority shall be employed
by such authority for a period of two years after leaving office. The provisions of this
subsection shall not apply to a commissioner who has served for more than twenty years
for a housing authority which does not have an executive director.
(1949 Rev., S. 927; P.A. 75-415, S. 2; P.A. 83-483, S. 2; P.A. 93-401, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 75-415 excluded occupancy from consideration as "an interest in any project or in a contract for materials
or services or in property included in any project"; P.A. 83-483 inserted Subsec. (b) concerning employment of former
commissioners; P.A. 93-401 amended Subsec. (b) to exempt commissioners who have served more than 20 years for a
housing authority without an executive director from the employment prohibition.
Tenant may not serve as commissioner of the housing project in which he lives. 164 C. 247.