HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               2105

however, that such authority OR ANY ENTITY WHICH INCLUDES
UPON ITS PURPOSES THE PROVISION OF DECENT, SAFE, AND
SANITARY DWELLINGS FOR PERSONS OF LOW INCOME WHETHER OR NOT
CITIZENS OF THE STATE shall not transact any business or
exercise [its] powers SIMILAR TO THOSE hereunder until or
unless the governing body of the city by proper resolution,
approved by the mayor, shall declare at any time hereafter
that there is need for an authority to function in such city
AND AUTHORIZE THE AUTHORITY OR OTHER ENTITY TO FUNCTION IN
SUCH CITY.

The governing body may adopt a resolution declaring
that there is need for a housing authority in the city if it
shall find (a) that insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling
accommodations exist in such city or (b) that there is a
shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such
city available to persons of low income at rentals they can
afford. In determining whether dwelling accommodations are
unsafe or insanitary said governing body may take into
consideration the degree of overcrowding, the percentage of
land coverage, the light, air, space and access available to
the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations, the size
and arrangement of the rooms, the sanitary facilities, and
the extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which
endanger life or property by fire or other causes.

In any suit, action or proceeding involving the
validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of
the authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to
have become established and authorized to transact business
and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption
of a resolution by the governing body declaring the need for
the authority and the approval of the resolution by the
mayor thereof. Such resolution or resolutions shall be
deemed sufficient if it declares that there is such need for
an authority and finds in substantially the foregoing terms
(no further detail being necessary) that either or both of
the above enumerated conditions exist in the city. A copy
of such resolution duly certified by the clerk shall be
admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 742
(House Bill 1793)
AN ACT concerning

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