HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                  1995

Article 44A - Housing Authorities

Section 23A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 44A — Housing Authorities

3.

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in
this article, shall have the following respective meanings,
unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(a)    "Authority" or "housing authority" shall mean any
of the public corporations created [by § 4 or § 24 of] UNDER
this article.

23A.

(A)         ANY INDIAN TRIBE MAY ESTABLISH A HOUSING

AUTHORITY      UPON APPROVAL BY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OF THE

GOVERNING BODY__OF THE LOCALITY WHERE THE AUTHORITY IS

LOCATED.

(B) THE AUTHORITY:

(1) MAY PARTICIPATE IN A FEDERAL PROGRAM OF LOW
INCOME HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; AND

(2) FOR THIS PURPOSE, MAY:

(I) ENTER INTO AND PERFORM A CONTRACT OR
AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES OR A FEDERAL AGENCY;

(II) DEVELOP OR OPERATE A LOW INCOME

HOUSING PROJECT IF APPROVAL BY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION IS

OBTAINED FROM THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE LOCALITY WHERE THE

PROJECT IS LOCATED;

(III) ACT AS A PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY WITHIN
THE MEANING OF THE FEDERAL LAW AND AS AN AUTHORITY WITHIN
THE MEANING OF STATE LAW; AND

(IV) DO ANYTHING NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT
FOR ITS PARTICIPATION.

(C) THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT OR A LOCAL HOUSING AUTHORITY MAY ACT ON BEHALF

OF NATIVE AMERICAN AN INDIAN OR INDIANS OR AN INDIAN TRIBE
IN THIS STATE, GENERALLY AS A LOCAL PUBLIC~AGENCY OR PUBLIC
HOUSING AGENCY AND DO ANYTHING NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR
THIS PURPOSE.