CHAPTER 19. AID TO HOUSING AUTHORITIES
IC 36-7-19
Chapter 19. Aid to Housing Authorities
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Application of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all political subdivisions.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.
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Aid by political subdivisions; authorization
Sec. 2. A political subdivision may spend public money for and
give other aid to a housing authority that operates within the
jurisdiction of the political subdivision.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.
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Powers of political subdivisions
Sec. 3. (a) A political subdivision has all the powers necessary or
convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking,
construction, or operation of:
(1) a housing project under this article; or
(2) a similar project of the federal government.
(b) The powers granted to a political subdivision by this section
include the power to:
(1) furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan,
or replan public ways, sidewalks, or other places, if it is
otherwise empowered to do so;
(2) plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of the political
subdivision;
(3) make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances;
(4) enter into agreements (which may extend over any period,
notwithstanding any law to the contrary) with a housing
authority or the federal government respecting powers to be
exercised by the political subdivision under this chapter;
(5) purchase or legally invest in the bonds, notes, or warrants of
a housing authority and exercise all of the rights of a holder of
housing authority bonds, notes, or warrants;
(6) incur the entire expense of any public improvements it
makes in exercising the powers granted in this chapter;
(7) provide financial assistance of any nature to a housing
authority;
(8) acquire for, lease or transfer to, or exchange or trade with a
housing authority any interest in real or personal property; and
(9) exercise all powers granted by this section upon terms
determined by the fiscal body of the political subdivision.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), if a housing
authority:
(1) acquires or takes over a housing project from the federal
government; and
(2) finds, by resolution, that the project is constructed in a
manner that promotes the public interest and affords necessary
safety, sanitation, and other protection;
a political subdivision may not require any changes in the housing
project.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.
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Contracts for services, improvements, and facilities
Sec. 4. In connection with:
(1) a housing project under this article; or
(2) a similar project of the federal government;
wholly or partly within its jurisdiction, a political subdivision may
contract with a housing authority or the federal government with
respect to the sums (if any) that the housing authority or the federal
government agrees to pay, during any year or period of years, to the
political subdivision for the improvements, services, and facilities to
be furnished by it for the benefit of the housing project. However, the
amount of these payments may not exceed the estimated cost to the
political subdivision of the improvements, services, or facilities to be
furnished. The absence of a contract for payment does not relieve the
political subdivision of the duty to furnish, for the benefit of the
housing project, improvements, services, and facilities that the
political subdivision usually furnishes without a service fee.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.
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Resolutions authorizing exercise of powers
Sec. 5. A political subdivision may exercise the powers granted
by this chapter if authorized by a resolution of its fiscal body. The
resolution takes effect immediately and need not be laid over,
published, or posted.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.
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Appropriations
Sec. 6. When a housing authority is established in a political
subdivision, the fiscal body of the subdivision shall immediately
make an estimate of the amount of money necessary for the
administrative expenses and overhead of the authority during the first
year after that, and shall appropriate that amount to the authority out
of any unappropriated money in the treasury of the subdivision.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.38.